Patent Application
20160331184
1. Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to removal devices and more particularly pertains to a new removal device for removing a hot grill grate from an appliance such as a grill, smoker, oven or the like.
2. Summary of the Disclosure
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle has a slot and a pair of tabs. The slot may insertably receive a selected one of a rod on a grill. The tabs may be positioned beneath a central rod on the grill when the slot receives the selected rod. A stabilizer is attached to the handle. The stabilizer abuts the selected rod when the slot receives the selected rod thereby facilitating the handle to remove the grill from an oven.
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
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The peripheral edge 18 curves outwardly from a center 34 of the handle 12 proximate the second side 22 to define a rounded portion 36 of the handle 12. The rounded portion 36 has an opening 38 extending through the top surface 14 and the bottom surface 16 wherein the opening 38 defines a bottle opener 40. The first side 20 has a slot 42 extending toward the first bend 24. Thus, the slot 42 may insertably receive a selected one of a rod 44 on a grill 46. The slot 42 is centrally positioned on the handle 12 to define a pair of tabs 48 and the tabs 48 may be positioned beneath a central rod 50 on the grill 46 when the slot 42 receives the selected rod 44. The grill 46 may be a cooking grill or the like that comprises a plurality of interconnected rods. The slot 42 may have a length ranging between 2 inches and 3 inches and a width ranging between ½ inch and ¾ inch.
A stabilizer 52 is attached to the handle 12 and the stabilizer 52 has a first surface 54. The stabilizer 52 has a bend 55 thereon to define a primary portion 56 and a secondary portion 58. The first surface 54 corresponding to the primary portion 56 is attached to the bottom surface 16 corresponding to the central portion 28 of the handle 12 such that the secondary portion 58 extends away from the central portion 28. The stabilizer 52 is positioned adjacent to the first bend 24 such that the first surface 54 corresponding to the secondary portion 58 is spaced upwardly from the bottom surface 16 corresponding to the first portion 26 of the handle 12. Thus, the first surface 54 corresponding to the secondary portion 58 abuts the selected rod 44 when the slot 42 receives the selected rod 44 thereby facilitating the handle 12 to remove the grill 46 from an oven 60 when the grill 46 is too hot to touch. The oven 60 may be a gas fired cooker, a charcoal fired cooker or cooking oven that utilizes the grill 46. The stabilizer 52 may have a length ranging between approximately 2 inches and 3 inches.
A pair of grips 62 is provided and each of the grips 62 is attached to the handle 12 wherein each of the grips 62 may enhance a grip of the handle 12. Each of the grips 62 has a mating surface 64 and the mating surface 64 of one of the grips 62 is attached to the bottom surface 16 corresponding to the second portion 32. The mating surface 64 of one of the grips 62 is attached to the top surface 14 corresponding to the second portion 32 and each of the grips 62 is aligned with each other. A pair of fasteners 66 extends through each of the grips 62 and engages the handle 12 thereby retaining each of the grips 62 on the handle 12. Each of the fasteners 66 may comprise a pin or the like and each of the grips 62 may be comprised of a rigid and thermally insulating material.
In use, the handle 12 is manipulated to position the selected rod 44 within the slot 42 and to position each of the tabs 48 beneath the central rod 50. The second portion 32 is tilted downwardly toward the grill 46 thereby facilitating the stabilizer 52 to engage the grill 46. The tabs 48 frictionally engage the central rod 50 thereby facilitating the handle 12 to lift the grill 46 outwardly from the oven 60. The bottle opener 40 is used in the convention of bottle openers.
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.
