Barbecue grill assembly having a work surface with slide mechanism
AssigneeWeber-Stephen Products LLC
InventorMark Johnson
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Abstract
The present invention is a barbecue grill assembly having a frame with a work surface secured by a sliding mechanism, such as a sliding track assembly. The present invention alternatively provides a work surface being a slidable burner cover assembly for an auxiliary burner of a barbecue gas grill. The assembly includes a burner cover having a body portion disposed over the auxiliary burner in a closed position and a slide mechanism attached to the grill and the cover to allow the cover to be slidably moved from the closed position to a second position wherein the auxiliary burner is exposed from underneath the body portion of the burner cover. The slide mechanism also provides extended cantilever support for the work surface in the second position.
Claims20
A barbecue grill assembly having a frame and a cooking chamber, comprising;
- a shelf body being secured to the frame by a sliding track assembly, wherein said shelf is adapted to be selectively positioned along a horizontal plane relative the frame to move the shelf body between a first position to a second position, said sliding track assembly having at least one track member, each said track member having at least a first track segment and a second track segment, said first track segment being secured to the frame and said second track segment being secured to the shelf body, the first and second track segments being dimensioned to cooperatively slide relative to each other to an extended length of the track member for said shelf body being moved laterally into said second position.
A barbecue grill assembly with a burner cover assembly for an auxiliary burner of a gas grill, the grill including a frame, the assembly comprising:
- a cover having a generally flat surface portion and two flanges disposed transverse to the flat surface portion, each of the flanges having a slide engaging surface;
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- two slide track assemblies each attached to the frame of the grill and to the slide-engaging surface of one of the flanges, the slide track assemblies allowing the cover to be slidably moved with respect to the auxiliary burner of the gas grill.
A barbeque gas grill comprising:
- a grill frame;
- a cooking chamber attached to the frame;
- a side burner disposed adjacent to the cooking chamber and attached to the frame;
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- a cover slidably connected to the frame by sliding linear tracking mechanism and adapted to cover the side burner in a first position and extend to a second position away from said burner and being exposed as a work surface adjacent the burner.
A barbecue grill assembly having a frame and a side burner cover assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a cover having a generally flat surface portion and two depending flanges disposed transverse to the body surface portion, the body surface portion disposed over the auxiliary burner when the cover is in a closed position, each of the flanges having an inner surface with a first track segment, and;
- a plurality of mating linear slide track segments, each said mating segment secured to the frame and adapted to slidably engage with a first track segment to allow the cover to be extended laterally with respect to the auxiliary burner away from the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.