Patent ID: 8100050
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A grill device comprising a grill member that includes: a housing formed with a latch hole; a grill plate made of a heat-conductive material and disposed removably on said housing; a heating unit mounted on said housing and operable so as to generate heat that is conducted to said grill plate; and a handle unit movably retained on said grill plate, and the handle unit being in releasable engagement with said latch hole in said housing, thereby locking releasably said grill plate on said housing; wherein said handle unit comprises: an anchoring member secured to said grill plate and formed with a guiding slot and a positioning slot, each of which has an engaging end and a disengaging end; a movable engaging member disposed on one side of said anchoring member, said movable engaging member having an engaging portion in releasable engagement with said latch hole in said housing, and a guiding portion that extends into and that is movable along said guiding slot; a movable handle cover disposed on another side of said anchoring member opposite to said moveable engaging member, said handle cover having a connecting post that extends through and that is movable along said positioning slot and that is connected to said moveable engaging member; and a biasing member disposed in said guiding slot and providing a biasing force that acts on said guiding portion of said moveable engaging member, thereby urging said moveable engaging member and said handle cover to move such that said guiding portion and said connecting post are disposed proximate to said engaging end of the respective one of said guiding and positioning slots and such that said engaging portion is able to engage said latch hole in said housing; said handle cover being movable away from said grill plate to result in corresponding movement of said moveable engaging member against the biasing force of said biasing member such that said guiding portion and said connecting post are disposed proximate to said disengaging end of the respective one of said guiding and positioning slots and such that said engaging portion is able to disengage from said latch hole in said housing.