Back to results
US 5,664,875 AGranted
Barbecue grill light
OwnerBarnard Hegedusinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A barbecue grill light (10) comprising a housing (12). A structure (14) is for mounting the housing (12) to a side platform board (16) of a barbecue grill (18), having a cooking grate (20). An elongate flexible gooseneck shaft (22) has a lower end connected to the housing (12). An assembly (24) for illuminating is affixed to an upper end of the elongate flexible gooseneck shaft (22). The illuminating assembly (24) can be directed at food (26) cooking on the cooking grate (20) of the barbecue grill (18) at night, to allow a person using the barbecue grill (18) to see the food (26) cooking.
Claims14
A barbecue grill light comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) means for mounting said housing to a side platform board of a barbecue grill having a cooking grate, wherein said mounting means includes:
- i) an L-shaped bracket having a vertical arm with a longitudinal slot therein and a horizontal arm with a non-slip inner surface;
- and
- ii) a pair of wing head bolts, that are spaced apart and threaded into one side of said housing through said longitudinal slot, so that when said wing head bolts are tightened against said vertical arm after adjustment, said non-slip inner surface of said horizontal arm can clamp against an underside of the side platform board of the barbecue grill to hold said housing stationary thereto;
- c) an elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, having a lower end connected to said housing;
- and
- d) means for illuminating affixed to an upper end of said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, so that said illuminating means can be directed at food cooking on the cooking grate of the barbecue grill at night, to allow a person using the barbecue grill to see the food cooking.
5 more elements
A barbecue grill light comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) means for mounting said housing to a side platform board of barbecue grill having a cooking grate;
- c) an elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, having a lower end connected to said housing;
- and
- d) means for illuminating affixed to an upper end of said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, so that said illuminating means can be directed at food cooking on the cooking grate of the barbecue grill at night, to allow a person using the barbecue grill to see the food cooking and
- e) an insulated wand connected to said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft near the upper end, so that the person can grasp said insulated wand to safely manipulate said elongate flexible gooseneck to aim said illuminating means directly at the food cooking on the cooking grate of the barbecue grill at night.
3 more elements
A barbecue grill light comprising:
- a) a housing which is a rectangular shaped casing;
- b) means for mounting said housing to a side platform board of a barbecue grill having a cooking grate, whereby said mounting means will maintain said rectangular shaped casing to the side platform board of the barbecue grill on a short side in an upright position;
- c) an elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, having a lower end connected to said housing;
- and
- d) means for illuminating affixed to an upper end of said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft, so that said illuminating means can be directed at food cooking on the cooking grate of the barbecue grill at night, to allow a person using the barbecue grill to see the food cooking, said illuminating means including i) a shade body affixed to the upper end of said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft;
- ii) a reflector carried within said shade body;
- iii) a lamp socket concentric within said reflector;
- iv) a lamp bulb in said socket:
- v) a parabolic lens on a forward end of said shade body;
- vi) a power supply in operative association with laid lamp bulb through said elongate flexible gooseneck shaft;
- and vii) a switch on said shade body electrically connected between said lamp socket and said power supply, whereby said switch can be manually operated to turn said lamp bulb on and off.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.