US 6,640,797 B1Granted

Grill assembly

OwnerCharles F. Magersinventor

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Abstract

A new and improved grill assembly for cooking over an open fire at a campsite comprising a stake from which a grill is cantilevered outwardly and suspended over an open fire. The stake is driven into the ground or guide wire supported as desired. The grill is rotatable about the stake and adjustable along the vertical length of the stake and securable at any height above the fire by a frictional engagement with the stake. The frictional engagement comprises a binding ring disposed about the stake that binds to the stake as a result of the center of gravity being radially outward from the stake. The grill also comprises accessory pieces such as a hook for hanging a cooking pot, a secondary grill platform for more grilling space, for warming, or for support for a cutting board, and a rotisserie attachment for slow roasting food. The accessories are each secured to the stake above the grill or below the grill, as desired, by frictional engagement with the stake. This frictional engagement is by a helical ring that can be attached or removed laterally or angularly instead of coaxially or longitudinally of the stake. The grill and each of the accessories each are of steel or iron construction, and corrosion and other wear scours and actually enhances the binding action of the frictional engagement means for the grill and each of the accessories.

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A grill assembly for cooking over an open fire, comprising:

a stake having a top and a bottom, said bottom being configured to be removably inserted into the ground, and a grill, said grill being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by a binding ring secured to said grill, said binding ring surrounding said stake when said grill is assembled on said stake, said binding ring being generally coaxially disposed about said stake when said grill is adjustable longitudinally of said stake at any height above an open fire, said binding ring being frictionally secured by rotation of said binding ring out of said coaxial position about axes transverse to said stake into an angular position, said binding ring having opposite top and bottom edges which are held in engagement with said stake by the weight of said grill, said grill being rotatable about said stake for positioning said grill alternatively over or away from an open fire, a grill accessory being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by an accessory ring secured to said accessory, said accessory ring having opposite end openings and a wall opening having spaced apart and generally parallel helical boundaries extending between the opposite ends of said accessory ring, said accessory ring being disposed about said stake by either passing said stake through the opposite end openings of said ring or said wall opening of said ring, said accessory ring being adjustable longitudinally along said stake for mounting said accessory to said stake at any height above an open fire, and adjustable radially for rotating said accessory about the longitudinal axis of said stake for positioning said accessory alternatively over or away from an open fire, wherein said accessory is a second grill removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by said accessory ring, said second grill being securable to said stake above and below said grill along the longitudinal length of said stake without removing said grill, said second grill having a flat upwardly facing surface, wherein said second grill maybe used as an additional grilling location, a warmer, or a support for a cutting board.

An outdoor grill assembly for cooking over an open fire, comprising:

a stake having a top and a bottom, said bottom being configured to be removably inserted into the ground, and a grill, said grill being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by a binding ring secured to said grill, said binding ring surrounding said stake when said grill is assembled on said stake, said binding ring being secured to said grill by an offset piece having first and second ends, said first end being secured to said binding ring, said second end being secured to said grill, said vertical offset piece depending from one edge of said grill, said binding ring being at a lower elevation than said grill, the length of said vertical offset piece between said binding ring and said grill being sufficient to raise the center of gravity of said grill over said binding ring in order to enhance the frictional securance between said binding ring and said stake, said binding ring being generally coaxially disposed about said stake when said grill is adjustable longitudinally of said stake at any height above an open fire, said binding ring being frictionally secured by rotation of said binding ring out of said coaxial position about axes transverse to said stake into an angular position, said binding ring having opposite top and bottom edges which are held in engagement with said stake by the weight of said grill in said angular position, said grill being rotatable about said stake for positioning said grill alternatively over or away from an open fire.

An outdoor grill assembly for cooking over an open fire, comprising:

a stake having a top and a bottom, said bottom being configured to be removably inserted into the ground, and a grill, said grill being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by a binding ring secured to said grill, said binding ring surrounding said stake when said grill is assembled on said stake, said binding ring being generally coaxially disposed about said stake when said grill is adjustable longitudinally of said stake at any height above an open fire, said binding ring being frictionally secured by rotation of said binding ring out of said coaxial position about axes transverse to said stake into an angular position, said binding ring having opposite top and bottom edges which are held in engagement with said stake by the weight of said grill in said angular position, said grill being rotatable about said stake for positioning said grill alternatively over or away from an open fire, said binding ring and stake being chosen in size such that movement of said binding ring longitudinally of said stake will scour corrosion from both said binding ring and stake.

An outdoor grill assembly for cooking over an open fire, comprising:

a stake having a top and a bottom, said bottom being configured to be removably inserted into the ground, and a grill, said grill being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by a binding ring secured to said grill, said binding ring surrounding said stake when said grill is assembled on said stake, said binding ring being generally coaxially disposed about said stake when said grill is adjustable longitudinally of said stake at any height above an open fire, said binding ring being frictionally secured by rotation of said binding ring out of said coaxial position about axes transverse to said stake into an angular position, said binding ring having opposite top and bottom edges which are held in engagement with said stake by the weight of said grill in said angular position, said grill being rotatable about said stake for positioning said grill alternatively over or away from an open fire, a grill accessory being removably cantilevered outwardly from said stake by an accessory ring secured to said accessory, said accessory ring having opposite end openings and a wall opening having spaced apart and generally parallel helical boundaries extending between the opposite ends of said accessory ring, said accessory ring being disposed about said stake by either passing said stake through the opposite end openings of said ring or said wall opening of said ring, said accessory ring being adjustable longitudinally along said stake for mounting said accessory to said stake at any height above an open fire, said grill accessory being adjustable rotatably about the longitudinal axis of said stake for positioning said accessory alternatively over or away from an open fire.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.