Barbecue
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsMattias Jansson, Christoph Schaden
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Abstract
The invention relates to a barbecue comprising a carrier element, a grilling area being substantial horizontal orientated and being located at the top of the carrier element and a cover, wherein the cover can be positioned in a first position in which the grilling area is covered and in a second position in which the grilling area is accessible. To improve the functionality of such a barbecue, the invention suggests that means are provided to allow the cover to move from the first position into the second position, wherein the cover is pivoted during the movement from the first position into the second position around a horizontal axis and wherein the barycenter of the cover is moved from a first level to a second, lower level.
Claims17
A barbecue comprising:
- a carrier element including a rear side having a recess formed therein, the recess including a bottom wall and a back wall;
- one or more tray panels positioned adjacent to the rear side of the carrier element;
- a receiving slot at least partially defined between the rear side of the carrier element and the one or more tray panels, the receiving slot being in communication with the recess;
- a grilling area being substantially horizontally orientated and being located at the top of the carrier element;
- a cover that can be positioned in a generally horizontal first position in which the grilling area is covered and in a generally vertical second position in which the grilling area is accessible and at least a portion of the cover passes through the receiving slot between the one or more tray panels and the rear side of the carrier element and is positioned in the recess;
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- means for moving the cover between the first position and the second position, the means for moving comprising a guiding element connected between the carrier element and the cover, the guiding element being pivotally connected to the carrier element such that the guiding element pivots about a fixed horizontal axis, and the cover being slidable relative to the guiding element, wherein the means for moving enables the cover to simultaneously pivot and slide relative to the fixed horizontal axis when the cover is moved between the first position and the second position.
A barbecue comprising:
- a carrier element including a rear side having a recess formed therein, the recess including a bottom wall and a back wall;
- a grilling area substantially horizontally orientated and located at the top of the carrier element;
- a cover including a top region and a side region having a U-shaped structure, the cover positionable in a generally horizontal first position in which the grilling area is covered and in a generally vertical second position in which the grilling area is accessible and at least a portion of the cover is positioned within the recess in the rear side of the carrier element;
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- a guiding element including a cuboid-shaped body that is at least partially received within the U-shaped structure of the cover so that the cover is slidable relative to the guiding element, the guiding element being pivotally connected to the carrier element such that when the cover is moved between the first position and the second position the guiding element and the cover pivot together about a fixed horizontal axis and the cover slides relative to the fixed horizontal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.