Patent Application
20240092609
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The disclosure relates to backsplash devices and more particularly pertains to a new backsplash device for protecting a wall behind a cooking stove from cooking splatter. The device includes a pair of mounts and a roller that is rotatably mounted to the mounts. The device includes a screen that is attached to the roller and which can be drawn downwardly to cover the wall behind the cooking stove.
The prior art relates to backsplash devices including a curved wall that is retractably positioned behind a cooking stove which extends upwardly behind the cooking stove in a deployed position. The prior art discloses a splash screen device that include a pair of mounts which includes suction cups for temporarily mounting the mounts to a vertical support surface. The splash screen device includes a roller and a screen rolled around the roller for deploying to protect a surface from splatter. The prior art discloses a variety of splatter protectors that are vertically oriented on a top surface of a cooking stove. The prior art discloses a splash guard that includes a first portion that slidably engages a second portion.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of mounts that is each attachable to a vertical support surface at a location positioned over a cooking stove. A roller is positionable in the mounts when the mounts are mounted to the vertical support surface. The roller is biased to rotate in a first direction and the roller is urgeable to rotate in a second direction. A screen is wrapped around the roller when the roller rotates in the first direction. The screen is urgeable downwardly to urge the roller to rotate in the second direction to facilitate the screen to cover a wall located behind the cooking stove. The screen is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to protect the wall from cooking splatter. Additionally, the screen is comprised of a heat resistant material to resist being burned by heat from the cooking stove.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A respective one of the wing portions 20 of each of the mounts 12 has a first hole 26 extending through the respective wing portion 20. Additionally, a respective one of the wing portions 20 of each of the mounts 12 has a second hole 28 extending through the respective wing portion 20. The second hole 28 has a first portion 30 has a diameter is greater than a diameter of a second portion 32. Each of the wing portions 20 of each of the mounts 12 lies against the vertical support surface 14 having the front wall 22 of the cup portion 18 being spaced from the vertical support surface 14.
The pair of mounts 12 includes a first mount 34 and a second mount 36. The front wall 22 of the cup portion 18 of the first mount 34 has an aperture 38 extending through front wall 22. The cup portion 18 of the second mount 36 has an opening 40 extending through the front wall 22 and the perimeter wall 24 of the cup portion 18 of the second mount 36 such that an entry 41 into the opening 40 is defined on the perimeter wall 24 of the cup portion 18 of the second mount 36. Additionally, the opening 40 has a bounding edge 42, the bounding edge 42 has a rear side 44 extending along a straight line and the rear side 44 is opposed with the entry 41 into the opening 40.
A plurality of fasteners 46 is each extendable through a respective one of the first hole 26 and the second hole 28 in a respective one of the wing portions 20 of a respective one of the mounts 12 to engage the vertical support surface 14 for attaching the mounts 12 to the vertical support surface 14. Each of the fasteners 46 may comprise a screw or other type of threaded fastener. A roller 48 that is positionable in the mounts 12 when the mounts 12 are mounted to the vertical support surface 14 such that the roller 48 is oriented to extend along a horizontal axis. The roller 48 is biased to rotate in a first direction and the roller 48 is urgeable to rotate in a second direction.
The roller 48 has a first end 50 and a second end 52, and the roller 48 is elongated between the first end 50 and the second end 52. The roller 48 has a first pin 54 extending away from the first end 50. The roller 48 has a second pin 56 that is rotatably disposed on the second end 52 having the second pin 56 extending away from the second end 52. The second pin 56 is flattened adjacent to a distal end 58 of the second pin 56. The roller 48 is rotatable in the first direction or the second direction around the second pin 56. The first pin 54 extends through the aperture 38 in the front wall 22 of the cup portion 18 of the first mount 34 such that the first pin 54 is rotatable in the aperture 38. The second pin 56 is extendable through the entry 41 into the opening 40 in the front wall 22 of the cup portion 18 of the second mount 36 having the second pin 56 lying flat against the rear side 44 of the bounding edge 42 of the opening 40 such that the second pin 56 is inhibited from rotating in the opening 40.
A screen 60 is wrapped around the roller 48 when the roller 48 rotates in the first direction and the screen 60 is urgeable downwardly to urge the roller 48 to rotate in the second direction. In this way the screen 60 can be deployed to cover a wall 62 located behind the cooking stove 16. The screen 60 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to protect the wall 62 from cooking splatter. Additionally, the screen 60 is comprised of a heat resistant material to resist being burned by heat from the cooking stove 16. The screen 60 has a front surface 64, and as is most clearly shown in
The roller 48 rotates in the second direction while the screen 60 is being pulled downwardly. The roller 48 locks into place when the screen 60 is no longer being pulled downwardly to retain the screen 60 in front of the wall 62 behind the cooking stove 16. The roller 48 is unlocked thereby facilitating the roller 48 to be biased to rotate in the first direction when the screen 60 is pulled downwardly when the roller 48 is locked into place. In this way the screen 60 is rolled onto the roller 48 to expose the wall 62 behind the cooking stove 16. A member 68 is coupled to a lower edge 70 of the screen 60 to enhance gripping the screen 60 for urging the screen 60 downwardly. The member 68 extends along a full length of the lower edge 70.
In use, each of the mounts 12 is mounted in preferred location, such as wall cupboards that are positioned over the cooking stove 16. Furthermore, as is most clearly shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
