Outdoor grill tripod

A portable barbeque and cooking appliance that includes a tripod and a plurality of suspending members depending from the tripod for supporting a rack or a cooking vessel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to a portable barbeque appliance; more particularly, 
to a tripod arrangement that will sturdily support a grill or cooking 
vessel therebetween. 
The prior art teaches a variety of cooking appliances for use outdoors, for 
example, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 163,202; 192,011; 279,238; 
955,140; 3,045,660; 3,152,536; 3,455,291; 3,837,328; 3,946,653; and 
others. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
It is accordingly an object of the instant invention to provide for a new 
and improved outdoor, portable barbeque appliance. 
It is another object to provide for one having the attributes as 
aforedescribed. 
It is a further object to provide for the same at relatively little cost 
thereby making the same generally available.

Broadly speaking, the instant invention includes the provision of a 
portable, collapsible outdoor cooking appliance, comprising three 
elongated members of equal length joined at a common distal end and 
forming a tripod, each of the members defining a first aperture adjacent 
the destal end, the apertures being in axial alignment when the members 
are vertically aligned in parallel relation, a pin member having enlarged 
destal ends communicating between the members through the first apertures, 
a pair of J-shaped cam locks each defining a second aperture each member 
of the pair disposed between an elongated member and the enlarged destal 
ends, the J-shaped cam locks being adapted to arrest the movement of the 
elongated members when the same are spread apart to form the tripod, three 
vessel support members, each having two converging planes, a first plane 
thereof defining a third aperture communicating with the elongated member 
whereby the vessel support member is slidably movable along the elongated 
member, a second plane thereof defining a fourth aperture, tether support 
means engaging the second plane through the fourth aperture, the tether 
support means operative to engage and support a cooking vessel therefrom 
between the elongated members. 
DETAILED DISCLOSURE 
Referring more particularly to the drawings there is shown an outdoor 
cooking appliance that includes three elongated rigid members 10 that are 
preferably tubular for least weight. The three members 10 are of equal 
length and each defines an aperture 12 adjacent one destal end thereof, 
when the three members are vertically disposed, in parallel, the three 
apertures are axially aligned. A pin member 14 communicates between the 
three members 10 through the apertures 12. The pin member 14 preferably 
has an enlarged portion 16 at both destal ends to prevent the same from 
being disengaged from the mating engagement with the apertures. A pair of 
cam locks 18 are disposed, one each, between an outer member 10 and the 
portion 16 of the pin 14. The lock 18 is generally a flat J-shaped member 
that defines an aperture in its long portion 20, the pin 14 engaging the 
aperture, while the short (arcuate) portion 22 is disposed below the pin 
14 and hooked outwardly away from the member 10, the long end of the lock 
18 being in substantial planar alignment with the destal ends of the 
members 10 engaging the pin 14. The foregoing arrangement allows the three 
members 10 to spread apart for a distance certain determined by the length 
of the pin 14 while the same is maintained stable by the cam lock 18, the 
arcuate portion 22 thereof arresting the members 10. 
Three suspension locks 24 are provided. Each one formed of a member that 
has two converging planes 26, 28, each plane defining an aperture therein. 
The first aperture on the first plane 26 having an internal diameter that 
is larger than the external diameter of the member 10, the opposing plane 
28 defining a second aperture 30. The lock 24 being adapted to slidably 
move up and down upon the length of the member 10, its movement thereof 
being arrested by the angular disposition of the lock 24 by virtue of the 
converging planes 24, 26. A length of support material 32 such as a link 
chain or the like engages the second plane 26 through the second aperture 
30 for supporting a cooking vessel 34, i.e., rack, pot, etc. When the 
vessel 34 is supported by the tether material 32, the locks 24 are pulled 
upward and frictionally engage the member 10 in a stationary position. 
Since it is obvious that numerous changes and modifications can be made in 
the above-described details without departing from the spirit and nature 
of the invention it is to be understood that all such changes and 
modifications are included within the scope of the invention.