US 6,474,224 B1Granted

Shish kebab skewer rack system

AssigneeMr. Bar-B-Q-, Inc.

InventorSeth Natter

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Abstract

The skewer rack system for simultaneously cooking several shish kebabs on a barbecue grill, brazier, boiler or in an oven includes a rectangular frame having a pair of opposed panels. A plurality of spaced openings for receiving the tips of skewers is formed in one panel. The other panel includes a plurality of notches in its upper edge. A portion of each skewer adjacent its end lies in a notch registered with the opening in which the tip of the skewer is received. A keeper rod is pivotally mounted at the rear of the notched panel and is rotated to bear against portions of each skewer which extend beyond the notched panel to retain the skewers in place. The keeper rod includes a proximal depending leg having an interned bight which engages the underside of the notched panel to lock the keeper rod in place. The rack may be flipped over for cooking both sides of the shish kebabs.

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Dependent claims

A shish kebab skewer rack system for cooking skewered shish kebabs, the rack system comprising a frame having a first skewer support member and a second skewer support member, the skewer support members being parallel to one another, a plurality of apertures formed in the first skewer support member, a like plurality of notches formed in an upper edge of the second skewer support member, at least one skewer, the skewer having a length greater than the distance between the members, the skewer having a tip at one end, the tip being received in one of the apertures, a portion of the skewer adjacent the other end of the skewer resting against a bottom of a notch registered with the one aperture, the skewer being configured to impale a plurality of shish kebab food chunks to be cooked and carry the chunks between the skewer support members, a keeper rod, the keeper rod having a proximal end and a distal end, the keeper rod being pivotally mounted to the second skewer support member adjacent the distal end of the keeper rod and being rotatable to an operative position, wherein the keeper rod bears against the skewer and exerts a force urging the portion of the skewer against the bottom of the notch within which it is resting, a portion of the keeper rod adjacent the proximal end being in selective engagement with the second skewer support member to maintain the keeper rod in operative position.

A shish kebab skewer rack system for cooking skewered shish kebabs, the rack system comprising a frame having a first panel and a second panel, the panels being parallel to one another, a plurality of apertures formed in the first panel, a like plurality of notches formed in an upper edge of the second panel, at least one skewer, the skewer having a length greater than the distance between the panels, the skewer having a tip at one end, the tip being received in one of the apertures, a portion of the skewer adjacent the other end of the skewer resting against a bottom of a notch registered with the one aperture, the skewer being configured to impale a plurality of shish kebab food chunks to be cooked and to carry the chunks between the panels, a keeper rod, the keeper rod being pivotally mounted to the second panel at a location spaced rearwardly from the most rearward notch, the keeper rod being rotatable to an operative position wherein the keeper rod bears against the skewer and exerts a force urging the portion of the skewer against the bottom of the notch within which it is resting, a portion of the keeper rod adjacent the proximal end including a bight, the bight being in selective engagement with a lower edge of the second panel to maintain the keeper rod in the operative position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.