Food cooking accessory for snowmobile

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6446543
  • Patent Number
    6,446,543
  • Date Filed
    Friday, September 26, 1997
    27 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 10, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Simone; Timothy F.
    Agents
    • Lee; David W.
    • David and Raymond Patent Group
    • Chan; Raymond Y.
Abstract
A food cooking accessory for snowmobile includes, a stainless steel oven, an attaching accessory means for receiving said stainless steel oven, and an affixing device for affixing a food cooking accessory to an exhaust pipe of a snowmobile. The food cooking accessory for snowmobile allow the user to evenly cook the food at high elevation without wasting the cooking time and leave no mess to clean up.
Description




FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION




The present invention relates to a food cooking accessory, and more particularly to a food cooking accessory for attaching on the snowmobile to warm up any pre-cooked food such as fried chicken, baked potato, fried shrimp, burrito, meatball, muffin, fried rice, salmon, hot dog, and hamburger at 10,000 feet above sea level.




BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION




Have you try to cook an egg in boiling water on a mountain at 10,000 feet above red sea level? If you have, you would know that it take much longer time to fully cook the egg on the mountain than at home. From science class, we learn that the atmosphere pressure can affect the boiling point of water at higher elevation and the temperature required to boiling water is relative lower. However, although the water is boiled, but the temperature are not high enough to cook the food.




For those people who lives on the mountains or place that snows six months out of each year, hot food and drink provide great pleasure to them. But as mention above, to cook the food at high elevation take much longer time than on the lower elevation and most people would rather spend time to enjoy their life or work rather than wasting time to prepare food.




What if we can just spend few minutes to prepare our food and when we want to have hot steamy food, the food would be ready for us. Does it sound to good to be true? All we need is a snowmobile, a food cooking accessory that can be attach on the snowmobile.




SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION




The main objective of the present invention is to provide a food cooking accessory for snowmobile which can be easily adapted to the exhaust pipe of the snowmobile, so that after a ride on the snowmobile, the food would be cooked or warmed by the hot steam of the exhaust pipe.




Another objective of the present invention is to provide a food cooking accessory for snowmobile which can save people's cooking time on high elevation ground due to high temperature produced by the exhaust pipe of the snowmobile.




Another objective of the present invention is to provide a food cooking accessory for snowmobile which comprises an aluminum heat sink base that provides a uniform heating of the food.




Another objective of the present invention is to provide a food cooking accessory for snowmobile which allows the people to travel without carrying cooking equipment and leaves no mess to clean.




Accordingly, a food cooking accessory for snowmobile of the present invention comprises a stainless steel oven, an attaching accessory means for receiving the stainless steel oven, and an affixing means for affixing a food cooking accessory to an exhaust pipe of a snowmobile.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a food cooking accessory according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 2

is a exploded view of a food cooking accessory according to the above first preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a perspective view of an attaching accessory means from a bottom side thereof according to the above first preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a sectional view of the attaching accessory means according to the above first preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a sectional view of the attaching accessory means in connection with the exhaust pipe according to the above first preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a exploded view of a food cooking accessory according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 7

is a perspective view of an attaching accessory means from a bottom side thereof according to the above second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 8

is a sectional view of the attaching accessory means according to the above second preferred embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 9

is a sectional view of the attaching accessory means in connection with the exhaust pipe according to the above second preferred embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Referring to

FIGS. 1

to


5


of the drawings, a first preferred embodiment of the present invention of a food cooking accessory for snowmobile is illustrated. The food cooking accessory for snowmobile comprises a stainless steel oven


10


, an attaching accessory means


20


for receiving the stainless steel oven


10


, and an affixing means


30


for affixing the food cooking accessory to an exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile.




Referring to

FIGS. 1 and 2

of the drawings, the stainless steel oven


10


comprises a container


11


, a top lid


12


for covering the container


11


, a receiving chamber


13


disposed within the container


11


for the food to store therein, and a pair of locking hooks


14


A,


14


B positioned on opposite sides of the container


11


for keeping the top lid


12


tightly cover on the container


11


.




As shown in

FIGS. 1

to


4


of the drawings, the attaching accessory means


20


comprises an aluminum heat sink base


21


which provides uniform heating to the stainless steel oven


10


, a flat n-shape retaining wall


22


integrally protruded from one edge of the aluminum heat sink base


21


, a L-shape retaining wall


23


integrally protruded from another edge of the aluminum heat sink base


21


, and a flexible clip


24


connected to a free end of the L-shape retaining wall


23


, wherein the stainless steel oven


10


is engaged between the flat n-shape retaining wall


22


and the L-shape retaining wall


23


by first inserting one of the locking hooks


14


A to be held by the flat n-shape retaining wall


22


, the bending back then flexible clip


24


which is disposed on top of the L-shape retaining wall


23


to allow the other locking hook


14


B to be inserted thereunder.




According to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in

FIG. 5

of the drawing, the affixing means


30


of the food cooking accessory for snowmobile comprises two attaching ears


31


A,


31


B integrally and inclinedly protruded from two opposite edges of a bottom side of the aluminum heat sink base


21


, an elastic heat resistance spring


32


having a C-shape adapter


32


A,


32


B integrally extended from each end, and an exhaust pipe guider


33


which has an outer diameter equal to a diameter of the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile that the food cooking accessory is designed to adapt to, wherein the exhaust pipe guider


33


is constructed by cutting the aluminum heat sink base


21


and bending to form two guide rails


33


A,


33


B. The attaching ears


31


A,


31


B of the affixing means


30


each has a central hole


311


A,


311


B for the C-shape adapter


32


A,


32


B of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


to fasten therein respectively, so that the food cooking accessory can be affixed to the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile as easy as by first fastening one of the C-shape adapters


32


A of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


to one of the central holes


311


A of the attaching ear


31


A of the affixing means


30


, then setting the exhaust pipe guider


33


on the exhaust pipe E, and looping the elastic heat resistance spring


32


around the exhaust pipe E so that the C-shape adapter


32


B extended from the other end of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


can be fastened to the other central hole


311


B.




Referring to

FIGS. 6

to


9


of the drawing, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention of a food cooking accessory for snowmobile is illustrated. The food cooking accessory for snowmobile comprises a stainless steel oven


10


′, an attaching accessory means


20


′ for receiving the stainless steel oven


10


′, and an affixing means


30


′ for affixing the food cooking accessory to an exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile, wherein the stainless steel oven


10


′ of the second preferred embodiment is identical to the stainless steel oven


10


′ of the first embodiment.




Referring to

FIGS. 6

to


8


of the drawings, the attaching accessory means


20


′ comprises an aluminum heat sink base


21


′ which provides uniform heating to the stainless steel oven


10


′, a flat n-shape retaining wall


22


′ integrally protruded from one edge of the aluminum heat sink base


21


′, a L-shape retaining wall


23


′ integrally protruded from another edge of the aluminum heat sink base


21


′, and a flexible clip


24


′ connected to a free end of the L-shape retaining wall


23


′, wherein the stainless steel oven


10


′ is engaged between the flat n-shape retaining wall


22


′ and the L-shape retaining wall


23


′ by first inserting one of the locking hooks


14


A′ to be held by the flat n-shape retaining wall


22


′, then bending back the flexible clip


24


′ which is disposed on top of the L-shape retaining wall


23


′ to allow the other locking hook


14


B′ to be inserted thereunder.




According to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in

FIG. 9

of the drawing, the affixing means


30


′ of the food cooking accessory for snowmobile comprises two attaching ears


31


A′,


31


B′ each of which is constructed by cutting the aluminum heat sink base


21


′ and bending to form two semi-circular attaching ears


31


A′,


31


B′, an elastic heat resistance spring


32


′ having a C-shape adapter


32


A′,


32


B′ integrally extended from each end, and an exhaust pipe guider


33


′ which has an outer diameter equal to a diameter of the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile that the food cooking accessory is designed to adapt to, wherein the exhaust pipe guider


33


′ is connected to a bottom surface of the aluminum heat sink base


21


′ and the attaching ears


31


A′,


31


B′ of the affixing means


30


′ each has a central hole


311


A′,


311


B′ for the C-shape adapter


32


A′,


32


B′ of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


′ to fasten therein respectively, so that the food cooking accessory can be affixed to the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile as easy as by first fastening one of the C-shape adapters


32


A′ of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


′ to one of the central holes


311


A′ of the attaching ear


31


A′ of the affixing means


30


′, then setting the exhaust pipe guider


33


′ on the exhaust pipe E, and looping the elastic heat resistance spring


32


′ around the exhaust pipe E so that the C-shape adapter


32


B′ extended from the other end of the elastic heat resistance spring


32


′ can be fastened to the other central hole


311


B′.




It is worth to mention that when the food cooking accessory for snowmobile of the present invention is affixed to the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile, the exhaust pipe E is the first section of the exhaust pipe E disposed inside the engine where there is no gas exhaust out. The exhaust pipe E is fully sealed so that the waste gas would only exhaust through the muffler extended outside of the snow mobile. Therefore the hot food would be ready, and safe to eat whenever the user is hungry.




For the users to use the food cooking accessory, all they need to do is install the affixing means


30


along with the attaching accessory means


20


one time while the engine is cold, and leave them on the exhaust pipe E of the snowmobile. Every time the user needs to cook or warm up the food, the user just needs to attach the stainless steel oven


10


to the attaching accessory means and start driving.



Claims
  • 1. A food cooking accessory for snowmobile, comprising:a stainless steel oven which comprises a container, a top lid for covering said container, a receiving chamber disposed within said container for food to store therein, and a pair of locking hooks positioned on opposite sides of said container for keeping said top lid tightly covering on said container; an attaching accessory means for receiving said stainless steel oven, which comprises an aluminum heat sink base which provides uniform heating to said stainless steel oven, an flat n-shape retaining wall integrally protruded from one edge of said aluminum heat sink base, an L-shape retaining wall having a free end integrally protruded from another edge of said aluminum heat sink base, and a flexible clip connected to a free end of said L-shape retaining wall, wherein said stainless steel oven is engaged between said flat n-shape retaining wall by first inserting one of said locking hooks to be held by said flat n-shape retaining wall to allow said another locking hook to be inserted thereunder; and an affixing means for affixing a food cooking accessory to an exhaust pipe of a snowmobile.
  • 2. A food cooking accessory for snowmobile, as recited in claim 1, wherein said affixing means comprises two attaching ears integrally and inclinedly protruded from two opposite edges of a bottom side of said aluminum heat sink base, and elastic heat resistance spring having a C-shape adapter integrally extended from each end thereof, and an exhaust pipe guider which has an outer diameter equal to a diameter of said exhaust pipe of said snowmobile.
  • 3. A food cooking accessory for snowmobile, as recited in claim 2, wherein said exhaust pipe guider is constructed by cutting said aluminum heat sink base and bending to form two guide rails, said attaching ears of said affixing means each having a central hole for said C-shape adapter of said elastic heat resistance spring to fasten therein respectively, so that said food cooking accessory is affixed to said exhaust pipe of said snowmobile as easy as by first fastening one of said C-shape adapters of said elastic heat resistance spring-to one of said central holes of said attaching ear of said affixing means, then setting said exhaust pipe guider on said exhaust pipe, and looping said elastic heat resistance spring around said exhaust so that said C-shape adapter extended from said other end of said elastic heat resistance spring is fastened to said other central hole.
  • 4. A food cooking accessory for snowmobile, as recited in claim 1, wherein said affixing means comprises two attaching ears each of which is constructed by cutting said aluminum heat sink base and bending to form two semi-circular attaching ears, an elastic heat resistance spring having a C-shape adapter integrally extended from each end, and an exhaust pipe guider which has an outer diameter equal to a diameter of said exhaust pipe of said snowmobile.
  • 5. A food cooking accessory for snowmobile, as recited in claim 4, wherein said exhaust pipe guider is connected to a bottom surface of said aluminum heat sink base and said attaching ears of said affixing means each has a central hole for said C-shape adapter of said elastic heat resistance spring to fasten therein respectively, so that said food cooking accessory is affixed to said exhaust pipe of said snowmobile as easy as by first fastening one of said C-shape adapters of said elastic heat resistance spring to one of said central holes of said attaching ear of said affixing means, then setting said exhaust pipe guider on said exhaust pipe, and looping said elastic heat resistance spring around said exhaust pipe so that said C-shape adapter is extended from said other end of said elastic heat resistance spring is fastened to said other central hole.
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