Patent Application
20210086680
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The disclosure relates to cooker devices and more particularly pertains to a new cooker device for cooking in a remote location.
The prior art relates to cooker devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tailgate that is mountable to a bed of a cargo vehicle for opening and closing the bed. An induction stove is recessed into the tailgate. The induction stove lies on a horizontal plane when the tailgate is positioned in the open position for cooking. An inverter is coupled to the cargo vehicle and the induction stove receives electrical power from the inverter. A lid is hingedly coupled to the tailgate and the lid covers the induction stove when the lid is positioned in a closed position. A plurality of light emitters is each of the light emitters is coupled to the lid to emit light outwardly from the lid.
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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An induction stove 26 is recessed into the tailgate 12. The induction stove 26 lies on a horizontal plane when the tailgate 12 is positioned in the open position. In this way food items placed can be placed on the induction stove 26 for cooking. The induction stove 26 has a top surface 28 that is aligned with the lower bounding surface 22 of the recess 20 in first surface 18 of the tailgate 12. The top surface 28 has at least a pair of cooking areas 30 and each of the cooking areas 30 is discretely heated when the induction stove 26 is turned on. The induction stove 26 includes a plurality of control buttons 32 that each controls the pair of cooking areas 30.
An inverter 34 is provided and the inverter 34 is electrically coupled to the cargo vehicle 16. The inverter 34 is electrically coupled to an electrical system 36 of the cargo vehicle 16. The induction stove 26 is electrically coupled to the inverter 34 such that the induction stove 26 receives electrical power from the inverter 34. The inverter 34 may be an electronic inverter for converting DC voltage into AC voltage.
A plurality of power ports 38 is provided and each of the power ports 38 is recessed into the tailgate 12. Each of the power ports 38 can have an electronic device plugged therein for charging or powering the electronic device. Each of the power ports 38 is electrically coupled to the inverter 34 such that each of the power ports 38 receives electrical power from the inverter 34. Additionally, each of the power ports 38 is positioned on the lower bounding surface 22 of the recess 20 in the first surface 18 of the tailgate 12. The plurality of power ports 38 may include a set of female electrical outlets and a set of USB ports.
A lid 40 is hingedly coupled to the tailgate 12 and the lid 40 covers the induction stove 26 when the lid 40 is positioned in a closed position. The lid 40 has a primary surface 42, a secondary surface 44 and a rear edge 46. The rear edge 46 is hingedly coupled to the first surface 18 of the tailgate 12. The primary surface 42 of the lid 40 rests on the first surface 18 of the tailgate 12 having the lid 40 being positioned in the recess 20 when the lid 40 is positioned in a closed position. The secondary surface 44 lies on a plane that is coplanar with the first surface 18 of the tailgate 12 when the lid 40 is in the closed position.
A plurality of light emitters 48 is provided and each of the light emitters 48 is coupled to the lid 40 to emit light outwardly from the lid 40. Each of the light emitters 48 is positioned on the primary surface 42 of the lid 40. Additionally, each of the light emitters 48 is distally positioned with respect to the rear edge 46 of the lid 40. The light emitters 48 illuminate the first surface 18 of the tailgate 12 when the light emitters 48 are turned on. Each of the light emitters 48 is electrically coupled to the inverter 34 and each of the light emitters 48 may comprise an LED or the like.
In use, the tailgate 12 is positioned in the open position and the lid 40 is positioned in the open position. In this way the induction stove 26 is exposed for cooking food items during camping, tailgate 12 parties or any other occasion when food items are to be cooked in a remote location. Additionally, electronic devices can be plugged into the power ports 38 for charging or powering the electronic devices. The induction stove 26 is turned on to cook the food items. The induction stove 26 is turned off and the lid 40 is closed prior to closing the tailgate 12.
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.
