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US 8,261,732 B2Granted
Cooking grill
AssigneeSeason 4, LLC
InventorAlfred F. Contarino, Jr.
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Abstract
The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a door therein hinged at a bottom thereof, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a cooking surface slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing through the door.
Claims20
A cooking grill comprising:
- (a) a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a substantially vertically-oriented opening therein;
- (b) a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber;
- (c) a cooking surface configured to slide in and out of the housing in a substantially horizontal manner through the substantially vertically-oriented opening;
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- (d) a door hingedly coupled to the cooking chamber that is configured to transition between a closed position in which the door covers the substantially vertically-oriented opening and an open position in which the cooking surface may pass through the opening;
- (e) wherein the grill is configured to support the door in the open position, and, when the door is supported in the open position, the door is disposed below the substantially vertically-oriented opening such that, when the cooking surface is slid out of the housing through the substantially vertically-oriented opening, the door functions to catch drippings from the grill surface, the door being sized and dimensioned to function to catch drippings from the grill surface;
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- (f) further comprising a grilling module slidable disposed to slide in and out of the housing substantially horizontally through the opening, the grilling module comprising:
- (i) a first sheet having a plurality of first openings, the first sheet comprising the cooking surface;
- (ii) a second sheet having a plurality of second openings;
- (iii) a support structure for holding the first sheet and second sheet substantially parallel to each other with the first sheet above the second sheet, the first sheet being movable relative to the second sheet along a first, substantially horizontal axis substantially parallel to the first and second sheets between,
- (A) a first position in which the first and second openings substantially align with each other along a second, substantially vertical axis perpendicular to the first and second sheets, and
- (B) a second position in which the first openings do not align with the second openings along the second axis.
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A cooking grill comprising:
- (a) a housing defining a cooking chamber, the housing comprising a curved cover that has a substantially vertically-oriented opening therein;
- (b) a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber;
- (c) a cooking surface slidably received within channels of the grill housing and disposed above the heating element, the grilling module and channels being configured for substantially horizontal sliding of the cooking surface out of the grill housing through the substantially vertically-oriented opening;
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- (d) a door hingedly coupled to the cooking chamber configured to transition between a closed position in which the door covers the substantially vertically-oriented opening and an open position in which the cooking surface may pass through the opening, wherein when the door is in the open position, the door is supported in a horizontal orientation by the grill;
- (e) wherein the channels of the grill housing are positioned and configured such that, when the cooking surface is fully received within the grill housing against a back of the channels, a gap is defined between the cooking surface and a back of the grill housing that is sized and dimensioned to allow heat to rise above the cooking surface through the gap, follow the curvature of a surface of the curved cover, and travel in a generally downward direction near the front of the cover;
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- (f) further comprising a grilling module slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing substantially horizontally through the opening, the grilling module comprising:
- (i) a first sheet having a plurality of first openings, the first sheet comprising the cooking surface;
- (ii) a second sheet having a plurality of second openings;
- (iii) a support structure for holding the first sheet and second sheet substantially parallel to each other with the first sheet above the second sheet, the first sheet being movable relative to the second sheet along a first, substantially horizontal axis substantially parallel to the first and second sheets between,
- (A) a first position in which the first and second openings substantially align with each other along a second, substantially vertical axis perpendicular to the first and second sheets, and
- (B) a second position in which the first openings do not align with the second openings along the second axis.
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A cooking grill comprising:
- (a) a housing defining a cooking chamber, the housing comprising a curved cover that has a substantially vertically-oriented opening therein;
- (b) a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber;
- (c) a cooking surface slidably received within channels of the grill housing and disposed above the heating element, the grilling module and channels being configured for substantially horizontal sliding of the cooking surface out of the grill housing through the substantially vertically-oriented opening;
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- (d) a door hingedly coupled to the cooking chamber configured to transition between a closed position in which the door covers the substantially vertically-oriented opening and an open position in which the cooking surface may pass through the opening;
- (e) wherein the channels of the grill housing are positioned and configured such that, when the cooking surface is fully received within the grill housing against a back of the channels, a gap is defined between the cooking surface and a back of the grill housing that is sized and dimensioned to allow heat to rise above the cooking surface through the gap, follow the curvature of a surface of the curved cover, and travel in a generally downward direction near the front of the cover;
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- (f) wherein the grill is configured to support the door in the open position, and, when the door is supported in the open position, the door is disposed below the substantially vertically-oriented opening such that, when the cooking surface is slid out of the housing through the substantially vertically-oriented opening, the door functions to catch drippings from the grill surface, the door being sized and dimensioned to function to catch drippings from the grill surface;
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- (g) further comprising a grilling module slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing substantially horizontally through the opening, the grilling module comprising:
- (i) a first sheet having a plurality of first openings, the first sheet comprising the cooking surface;
- (ii) a second sheet having a plurality of second openings;
- (iii) a support structure for holding the first sheet and second sheet substantially parallel to each other with the first sheet above the second sheet, the first sheet being movable relative to the second sheet along a first, substantially horizontal axis substantially parallel to the first and second sheets between,
- (A) a first position in which the first and second openings substantially align with each other along a second, substantially vertical axis perpendicular to the first and second sheets, and
- (B) a second position in which the first openings do not align with the second openings along the second axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.