Patent ID: 6363839
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A grill device comprising:a horizontal lower grill unit having a rear side and a top that is provided with a lower cooking member; a horizontal upper grill unit superposed on said lower grill unit so as to dispose said upper grill unit at a closed position with respect to said lower grill unit, said upper grill unit having a rear side and a bottom that is provided with an upper cooking member; and a connecting unit interconnecting said rear sides of said upper and lower grill units in such a manner that said upper grill unit can be turned rearward from said closed position to an open position, in which said upper and lower grill units are generally perpendicular to each other, said connecting unit including a pair of spaced apart left and right pivot seats fixed on and extending upward from said rear side of said lower grill unit, an intermediate pivot seat which is fixed on and which extends upwardly from said rear side of said lower grill unit between said left and right pivot seats and which has left and right sides formed with a pair of vertical slots, and left and right cylindrical pivots which are fixed on said rear side of said upper grill unit between said left and right pivots and which extend laterally into said slots in said intermediate pivot seat, thereby strengthening pivotal coupling between said upper grill unit and said lower grill unit, said intermediate pivot seat further having a front curved wall between said left and right sides, and a limiting member which is fixed on said intermediate pivot seat and which has two parallel curved guide rails surrounding said front curved wall, said rear side of said upper grill unit further having a pair of spaced apart limiting holes that permit said curved guide rails to extend fittingly therethrough so as to be turnable therealong and so as to enable smooth rotation of said cylindrical pivots within said slots in said intermediate pivot seat, thereby preventing left and right movement of said upper grill unit relative to said lower grill unit during rotation of said cylindrical pivots within said slots in said intermediate pivot seat.