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US 9,173,522 B2Granted
Tabletop grill
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsJacob D. Smith, Charles A. Nelson, Matthew A. C. Guckenberger
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Abstract
A tabletop grill generally includes a housing, a heating element disposed within the housing, and a grill plate configured to be removably mounted on the housing. The grill plate and the housing are magnetically connectable to retain the grill plate on the housing.
Claims13
A tabletop grill comprising:
- a housing;
- a heating element disposed within the housing;
- and
- a grill plate configured to be removably mounted on the housing, wherein the grill plate and the housing are magnetically connectable to retain the grill plate on the housing, a magnet device mounted on one of the housing and the grill plate, the magnet device being movable relative to said one of the housing and the grill plate.
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A tabletop grill comprising:
- a bottom grill unit comprising a bottom housing, a bottom reflector pan disposed within the bottom housing, a bottom heating element disposed within the bottom housing, and a bottom grill plate mounted on the bottom housing such that the bottom heating element is situated between the bottom reflector pan and the bottom grill plate;
- a top grill unit comprising a top housing, a top reflector pan disposed within the top housing, a top heating element disposed within the top housing, and a top grill plate mounted on the top housing such that the top heating element is situated between the top reflector pan and the top grill plate;
- and
- a hinge connecting the bottom grill unit to the top grill unit such that the top grill unit is pivotable relative to the bottom grill unit so as to change an orientation of the top grill plate relative to the bottom grill plate,
- wherein each of the bottom grill plate and the top grill plate comprises a pair of handles, each of the handles having a gripping segment, a plurality of spaced-apart alignment segments that define a plurality of gaps, and a ferromagnetic material associated with one of the alignment segments, and
- wherein each of the bottom housing and the top housing comprises a pair of alignment assemblies each configured for engaging one of the handles, each of the alignment assemblies having a sleeve, a magnet device loosely disposed within the sleeve, and a plurality of alignment projections projecting from the sleeve each for insertion into one of the gaps of the associated handle such that the magnet device of each alignment assembly magnetically connects to the ferromagnetic material of the associated handle to removably retain each of the grill plates on its respective housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.