Patent ID: 6694964
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A47J,Y10T

Abstract:
A barbecue grill assembly comprising:a horizontal main frame having a lateral frame portion provided with a first mounting seat which is formed with a vertical operating hole that has a top opening, a horizontally extending elongated slide passage, and a receiving groove, said first mounting seat having a side wall that faces laterally outward, and a bottom wall that is connected to said side wall, said first mounting seat being further formed with an insert hole which extends from said side wall to said bottom wall and which includes a side hole portion formed in said side wall and coaxial with said slide passage, and a bottom hole portion formed in said bottom wall and communicated with said side hole portion; a resilient locking pin received in said first mounting seat, said locking pin having a first end disposed fixedly in said first mounting seat, a second end opposite to said first end, and an intermediate portion between said first and second ends, said intermediate portion extending across said slide passage and being registered with said receiving groove; an operating shaft having a lower actuating end extending into said operating hole in said first mounting seat and coupled to said second end of said locking pin, and an upper operating end projecting from said first mounting seat via said top opening; and a side rack having a first insert rod which extends slidably into said slide passage of said first mounting seat via said insert hole and which has an engaging end portion that is retained in said slide passage and that is formed with a peripheral engaging groove, said intermediate portion of said locking pin engaging said engaging groove in said engaging end portion of said first insert rod when said first insert rod is extended into said slide passage, thereby retaining said side rack at a horizontal unfolded position, in which said first insert rod extends horizontally through said side hole portion of said insert hole, said operating end of said operating shaft being operable against restoring action of said locking pin for moving said intermediate portion of said locking pin into said receiving groove so as to disengage said locking pin from said engaging groove of said first insert rod, thereby permitting said first insert rod to slide along said slide passage in an outward direction away from said main frame, said first insert rod being turnable downwardly when said engaging end portion is registered with said bottom hole portion such that said first insert rod extends downwardly through said bottom hole portion, thereby disposing said side rack at a vertical folded position.