Patent ID: 6684877
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A barbecue device comprising:a support unit including a horizontal support plate with front and rear end portions which are opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, and front and rear leg members, each of said front an rear leg members having an upper end mounted pivotally on a respective one of said front ad rear end portions of aid support plate for pivoting about a respective horizontal axis transverse to said longitudinal direction, and a lower end adapted to be disposed on a ground surface, said front and rear leg members being pivotable relative to said support plate for moving between a first position, in which said lower ends of said front and rear leg members are moved away from each other, and a second position, in which said lower ends of said front and rear leg members are moved toward each other; said support plate is provided with a pair of pivot units respectively adjacent to said front and rear end portions, each of said pivot units including a pivot sleeve secured to said support plate and formed with a limiting hole that has first and second hole ends which are opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction, each of said front and rear leg members having a horizontal rod extending in a transverse direction transverse to said longitudinal direction, and two upright rods extending downwardly and respectively from two opposite ends of said horizontal rod, said horizontal rod extending rotatably through said pivot sleeve and having a radial pin that extends through said limiting hole, said radial pin being movable together with said horizontal rod within said limiting hole and being limited between said first and second hole ends for limiting pivoting movement of the respective one of said front and rear leg members within a predetermined angular range when the respective one of said front and rear leg members moves between said first and second positions; a cook unit disposed removably on said support plate and supported by said support unit when said front and rear leg members are disposed in the first position; said support plate and said front and rear leg members cooperatively defining an accommodating space thereamong for receiving said cook unit when said cook unit is removed from said support plate; and a retaining unit having a first end mounted on one of said front an rear leg members and a second end opposite to said first end, said second end of said retaining unit engaging releasably the other one of said front and rear leg members when said front and rear leg members are moved to the second position, thereby retaining said front and rear leg members at said second position.