Abstract:
A ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding, loading and unloading a ceramic cooker, smoker, or grill having a egg, cylindrical or spherical shape which includes a cooker holding pivotal frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck in order to maintain the cooker in an upright position during the loading and storage positions. The hand truck includes a frame with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired spacing between the support surface and the cooker supported by the elevated platform. The truck or dolly frame and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly are configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. The transport device facilitates cooking food for transport to a serving area.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 61/958,039 filed on Jul. 18, 2013 which is incorporated herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a pivotal support frame and transport device for outdoor cooking devices such as ceramic cookers, smokers, and grills which may have a cylindrical, spherical or egg-shaped body. The cooker support frame and transport device provides for easy movement of the cooker and easy loading of the cooker into a pickup truck or other vehicle, or onto raised surfaces such as a raised outdoor deck while. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Cylindrical and spherical shaped grills and smokers have traditionally been supported by a plurality of legs or a rigid square or rectangular frame. 
     Conventional grill support assemblies include U.S. Pat. No. 6,561,183 for a FLUID HEATER SYSTEM WITH TILT ABLE HEATER ASSEMBLY by Spilde et al. teaches a cart with a tillable heater assembly. U.S. Pat. No. 7,458,809 for a PORTABLE KILN by Hohenshelt et al. teaches a kiln with support feet and an attached hand truck. U.S. Patent Application No. 20130312732 for a GAS AND CERAMIC GRILL COMBINATION by Brennan teaches a portable frame which removably holds a Komada grill. 
     Ceramic “egg-shaped” cookers for outdoor cooking have become a popular alternative to ordinary barbeque grills. Ceramic cookers are similar in design to the kamado barbecue which originated in southern Japan. The mushikamado (Japanese for “steam cooker” from “mushi” meaning “to steam”, and “kamado” meaning “cooker, oven, or kiln”) was a device designed to steam rice and used by Japanese families for ceremonial occasions. The mushikamado took the shape of a round clay pot with a removable domed clay lid and featured a top damper and bottom draft door. The mushikamado first came to the attention of the Americans after World War II when US Air Force servicemen would bring them back from Japan in empty transport planes. 
     The “egg” like shape of the ceramic cookers reflect ancient technology and is designed to contain and control the heat with only a small vent at the top to create a draft to keep the fire going. Modern “egg-shaped” ceramic cookers are manufactured from high fiber ceramics developed for the space shuttle program specifically designed to reflect heat allowing a temperatures of up to 650° C., (1200° F.). The external surface has a high gloss ceramic glaze applied to provide crack and weather resistance. Consequently, the “egg-shaped” ceramic cooker is quite heavy. The “egg-shaped” ceramic cooker varies in size and weight from 39 pounds to about 220 pounds and therefore are difficult to move. 
     Ceramic cookers like ones discussed above are typically quite heavy and cumbersome or dangerous to move especially while in use or hot. Small frames are available which can hold the cooker upright on a stable flat surface, however, these frames are not easily portable, especially when the cooker is in the frame and more especially when the cooker is in use. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     A ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding, loading and unloading a ceramic cooker, smoker, or grill having a “egg-shaped” ceramic cooker, cylindrical or spherical shape which includes a cooker holding pivotal frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck in order to maintain the cooker in an upright position during the loading and storage positions. The hand truck includes a frame with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired spacing between the support surface and the cooker supported by the elevated platform. The truck or dolly frame and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly are configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. The transport device facilitates cooking food for transport to a serving area. 
     The ceramic cooker support frame and transport device includes a pivotal cooker holding frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck or dolly. The hand truck has a frame comprising longitudinal members forming a generally rectangular frame defining a pair of legs with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired distance between the surface of an elevated platform onto which the cooker is to be loaded. The leg frames and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly is configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. 
     The spacing of the wheels on the rail and positioning of the pivot point of the grill upon the frame are novel features which facilitate loading and unloading of the grill and frame onto the bed of a pickup truck or trailer permitting pivotal movement of the grill during loading allowing the grill to remain in an upright position throughout the loading process. 
     In accordance with this invention, there is provided a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding in an upright position, a ceramic smoker. The device includes a self leveling basket, a rigid frame, and a hand truck including two detachable leg frames with wheels and a handle which holds the leg frames together. The leg frames can be attached when a user desires to move the cooker and can be removed when not moving, loading or unloading the cooker. 
     More particularly, the pivotal support frame and transport device for a cooker, grill, or smoker, comprises a detachable hand truck removably connecting to a cooker holding frame supporting a weighted pivotal basket therein for holding a hot cooker. The hand truck comprises first and second spaced apart, aligned, and parallel side frames, each one including at least one bottom wheel extending from the frame horizontal to the ground and a support base member spaced apart from and in alignment with the at least one bottom wheel for contacting an elevated surface when the hand truck is positioned at an angle with respect to the ground and the elevated surface. A cross member connecting the first side frame to the second side frame defines a handle there between. Means including flanges or brackets removably attach a front surface of the first side frame and the second side frame to a cooker holding frame. A cooker holding frame comprises a generally square structural frame including a vertical right side frame and a vertical left side frame connected parallel to one another and spaced apart by at least one horizontal connecting bar. The right side frame and the left side frame having an open perimeter, and a pivotal basket for holding and supporting a cooker therein. The pivotal basket includes a basket frame extending around the cooker for holding same. The basket frame pivotally mounts within the cooker holding frame. The basket includes a weighted member extending from a lower end of the basket. The basket frame includes a plurality of holding means such as brackets extending therefrom inwardly at selected positions for holding the cooker securely there between. The weighted member pivots the pivotal basket holding it in an up-right position with respect to the cooker frame when the cooker frame is connected to the hand truck and tilted at an angle for loading or unloading from an elevated surface. 
     The cooker support frame and transport device comprises a cooker holding frame having right side frame connecting to an opposing left side frame by at least one rear longitudinal member and at least one front longitudinal frame member. The cooker holding frame includes holding frame means for pivotally mounting of a self leveling cooker holding basket assembly supported by the right side frame and the left side frame. The cooker holding basket assembly comprises a peripheral basket frame for surrounding a cooker. The peripheral basket frame includes pivotal connections for cooperatively engaging the holding frame means for mounting. A basket base supports a cooker thereon. The basket base hangs from at least two basket support members extending downward from the peripheral basket frame. The peripheral basket frame includes a counterweight mounting to the basket base and a plurality of brackets extending inwardly from the peripheral basket frame for holding the cooker spaced apart from the peripheral basket frame. The dolly is in cooperative engagement and removably attachable to the cooker holding frame. The dolly comprises a left longitudinal dolly frame member and a right longitudinal dolly frame member spaced apart from and in alignment and parallel with one another. The left longitudinal dolly frame member and the right longitudinal dolly frame member include a bottom rear roller mounting means with a bottom roller extending outwardly therefrom. The left longitudinal dolly frame member and the right longitudinal dolly frame member include a medial rear roller mounting means with a medial roller extending outwardly therefrom. The left medial holding means removably attaches a front medial edge of the left longitudinal dolly frame member with a rear medial edge of the left side frame. A right medial holding means removably attaches a front medial edge of the right longitudinal dolly frame member with a rear medial edge of the right side frame. A left bottom holding means removably attaches a front bottom edge of the left longitudinal dolly frame member with a rear bottom edge of the left side frame. A right bottom holding means removably attaches a front bottom edge of the right longitudinal dolly frame member with a rear bottom edge of the right side frame. A handle comprises a horizontal bar extending between the left longitudinal dolly frame member and the right longitudinal dolly frame member. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device which enables a user to use, move, and single handedly load a ceramic cooker onto an elevated platform such as a truck bed, while maintaining the ceramic cooker in an upright position in a locking self leveling basket with a counter weight while the device is tilted, moved, and loaded or unloaded without need to disassemble the cooker. 
     It is also an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for loading and unloading a ceramic cooker by means of two detachable leg frames with wheels and a locking handle, configured to maintain the desired distance between the ceramic cooker and the surface of an elevated platform onto which the cooker is to be loaded. The top wheels of the leg frames extend outward above the elevated platform when the transport device is brought in proximity with the platform so that the top wheels are tilted onto and rolled onto the elevated platform while the rest of the transport device with the cooker are raised up so that the bottom wheels are then rolled onto the elevated platform. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device which includes a cooker holding frame which has a cooker self leveling feature allowing the cooker to pivot on an axis during transport. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device wherein the ceramic cooker holding frame can permanently hold and support the ceramic cooker or the ceramic cooker can be removed as desired. 
     It is an object of this invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device wherein the removable leg frames includes at least two wheels on each leg frame mounted on the side and facing away from the attached ceramic cooker support frame, one wheel near the bottom of the leg frame and one near the top of the leg frame, for enabling tipping of the support frame into the bed of a vehicle such as a pickup or flat bed truck. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a truck frame having at least two wheels on the bottom portion to support the frame for movement and either wheels or other rotatable or slidable base support means on the top portion of the truck frame for supporting the truck frame in a level manner on an elevated position. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooker holding means comprising a cooker holding frame or cage having adjustable brackets extending inwardly toward the cooker having a shape for cooperatively engaging the outer surface of the cooker wherein the brackets can be adjusted or inserted to accommodate cookers of various sizes or shapes and securing same within the pivotal frame or cage. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a truck frame having the bottom wheels spaced at or near the bottom of the frame and the top base support means or wheels spaced a selected distance from the bottom wheels to facilitate loading onto an elevated structure such as a trailer or pickup truck bed whereby the top base support or wheels will rest on the elevated surface supporting the frame while the bottom wheels are on the ground. 
     It is another object of one embodiment of the present invention to spaced the top truck frame wheels from the bottom truck frame wheels a distance which allows the top wheels to rest on the elevated surface, the bottom wheels to rest on the ground, and the frame of the truck to rest on the edge of the elevated surface when the frame is tilted at an angle while loading onto the elevated surface. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a pivotal transport frame which allows the cooker to be held within the frame and loaded onto and unloaded from an elevated surface while the cooker basket within the cooker frame or cage remains in the horizontal level position to avoid spilling or dumping the cooker contents. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device whereby the ceramic cooker can be moved while the ceramic cooker is hot and maintained in an upright position while loading onto an elevated surface. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic cooker support frame and transport device whereby the ceramic cooker can be moved while the ceramic cooker is hot without having to contact or touch the hot surface of the cooker. 
     Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent with the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       A better understanding of the present, invention will be had upon reference to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout the views wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a right front view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter with the ceramic cooker drawn in phantom lines; 
         FIG. 2  is a right front view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter including the ceramic cooker holding frame and the hand truck; 
         FIG. 3  is a right front view of the ceramic cooker support frame with the ceramic cooker drawn in phantom lines; 
         FIG. 4  is a right side view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter drawn in the upright position; 
         FIG. 5  is a right side view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter drawn in the tilted, ‘transport’ position and shows the self leveling device in operation; 
         FIG. 6  is a right front view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter being loaded into the elevated bed of a pickup truck; 
         FIG. 7  is a right side view of the ceramic cooker support frame and transport device loaded into the elevated bed of the pickup truck; 
         FIG. 8  is right front view of the disassembled parts of the ceramic cooker support frame and transporter; 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view of the ceramic cooker support frame pivotal basket for support within the cooker frame or cage; 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective view of the ceramic cooker support frame for supporting the pivotal basket; 
         FIG. 11  is a perspective exploded view of the ceramic cooker support frame pivotal basket supporting a ceramic cooker shown in broken lines held within the cooker support frame or cage for cooperative engagement with a truck frame with an upper half and a lower half which are detachable from one another; 
         FIG. 12  is a perspective view of the ceramic cooker support frame pivotal basket supporting a ceramic cooker shown in broken lines held within the cooker support frame or cage for cooperative engagement with a truck frame with an upper half and a lower half which are detachable from one another; 
         FIG. 13  shows an alternate embodiment of the truck having slidable top support means and a cooker support assembly with feet to support the base; and 
         FIG. 14  shows another alternate embodiment of the truck having a pair of spaced apart aligned longitudinal members having cross members there between forming a flat frame. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a pivotal support frame and transporter  10  for holding and transporting a hot cooker, grill, or smoker, hereafter referenced as a cooker. 
     In the following description of the preferred embodiments, the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ are taken with respect to an individual standing on the side of hand truck  50  which is opposite to the side on which the cooker holding frame  100  is connected to the hand truck. Therefore, as seen in  FIG. 1 , leg frame  58  is on the left and leg frame  56  is on the right. The ‘front’ side of the cooker holding frame  100  is the side facing away from the hand truck  50 . 
     Shown in  FIGS. 1-14 , the cooker support frame and transporter  10  includes a cooker holding frame or cage  100  with a pivotally connected cooker holding basket  20  and detachable hand truck or dolly  50 . 
     The hand truck  50  includes two separate generally rectangular side truck frames  51  comprised on longitudinal members and braces and  53  which co-operatively engage at least one longitudinal member disposed there between at a selected location, preferably at the top portion of the frames  51  defining a detachable locking handle  52  which secures the two truck frames together. The bottom of the frames  51  removably attach to the cooker frame which provides structural support to the truck frame as well. 
     As best seen in  FIG. 8 , the cooker holding frame or cage  100  is a generally square structural frame including a vertical right side frame  117  and a vertical left side frame  118  connected parallel to one another and spaced apart by three parallel horizontal connecting bars  120  near the bottom of side frames  117  and  118 . Each of side frames  117  and  118  comprise an exterior rectangular frame with the short top longitudinal horizontal members  133  at the top and bottom and two long longitudinal vertical members  132 , one on each side. Each side frame  117  and  118  includes a horizontal cross brace  126  connecting the centers of the two vertical members  132  and another horizontal cross brace  128  centered between cross brace  126  and the top horizontal member  133 . A vertical longitudinal member  130  connects the horizontal cross member  128  to the top horizontal member  133  at the center. The top horizontal members  133  of each side frame  117  and  118  include horizontal through holes  114  and  116 , respectively, centered on and perpendicular to the long axis of the top horizontal members  133 , for receiving pivot pins  102  which support the cooker holding basket  20  and the cooker. Two approximately 210° sector plates  108  and  110  (that is, a plate just larger than a half moon) are centered at the through hole  114  and  116  and located on the inner surface of both sides  117  and  118  with the flat side of the sector facing upwards, to provide smoother movement of the cooker holding basket  20 . Cross members  128  and vertical members  130  provide extra vertical support to top horizontal members  133 , which support the weight of the cooker and the basket  20  through pivot pins  102 . 
     The horizontal cross member  128  of right side member  117  includes a horizontal through hole  112  which is perpendicular to the long axis of cross member  128  and, when in alignment with one of the two through holes  38  in the cooker basket  20 , receives a basket locking pin  124  which prevents the basket  20  from pivoting when the frame members  117  and  118  are upright as in  FIGS. 1-4  or lying down as in  FIG. 7 . A stop block  106  at a selected position on the right surface of the horizontal cross member  126  of left side member  118  limits the pivoting motion of the cooker and basket  20  when the cooker holding frame  100  is in motion and may be pivoting. Four adjustable feet  122  extend downward from the ends of the bottom horizontal members  134  for the purpose of leveling the cooker frame  100  on a horizontal solid surface. 
     The cooker holding basket  20 , best shown in  FIGS. 2, 5, 6, and 8 , includes an open horizontal square member  35  made of four horizontal longitudinal members  140 - 143 , a vertical longitudinal member  37  extending downward from the center point of horizontal member  142 , a vertical longitudinal member  39  extending downward from the center point of horizontal member  143  and a horizontal longitudinal member  24  extending from the lower end of vertical longitudinal member  37  to the lower end of vertical longitudinal member  39 . The horizontal member  24  weighs in the range of five to thirty pounds and serves as a counter balance to maintain the basket  20  in a position with the open square member facing upwards and therefore, the cooker is maintained in an upright position as well. Without a counter balance, the cooker may swing uncontrollably and flip sideways or even upside down within the frame. Therefore, the selection of the weight and the position of the distance from the tope of member  24  and the pivot holes  46  and  48  is critical. Horizontal members  142  and  143  contain horizontal through holes  44  and  46  respectively, which are centered in and perpendicular to the length of the members  142  and  143 . The through holes  44 ,  46 ,  114  and  116  are located at the center of the long axis of the longitudinal members in which they are contained. 
     As with the through holes  114  and  116  above, two approximately 210° sector plates  40  and  42  (that is, a plate just larger than a half moon) are centered at the through holes  44  and  46  respectively and located on the outer face of members  142  and  143  respectively. When the through hole pairs  114 - 44  and  116 - 46  are aligned and eye bolts  102  and  104  are inserted one in each pair of through holes, the outer surfaces of plates  40  and  42  are adjacent to the inner surfaces of plates  108  and  110 . When the basket  20  is pivoting within the cooker holding frame  100 , the two pairs of plates will provide for smooth pivoting. 
     A horizontal cross member  26  extends forward from the center point of horizontal member  24 . A horizontal cross member  27  extends rearward from the center point of horizontal member  24 . The two horizontal cross members  26  and  27  are about the same length as one half of the width of the bottom of the cooker. The top surfaces of the horizontal cross members  26  and  27  and the horizontal cooker supporting member  24  are coplanar and have resilient protective pads  28  applied to the top surfaces thereof. The bottom of the cooker rests on the four pads  28 . Four brackets extend horizontally inward from the center points of the four horizontal members  140 - 143 . Each bracket  32  includes an inward facing arcuate member  31  which matches the curvature of the outer surface of the cooker. The inner surface of the arcuate members are covered with resilient protective pads  33 . Thus the cooker is supported from the bottom by horizontal members  24 ,  26  and  27  covered with pads  28  and is held laterally in place by the four arcuate members  31  covered with resilient pads  33 . 
     Different sized brackets  32  with differing curvatures on the arcuate members are available for larger cookers or smaller cooker. For instance, a smaller cooker would require a bracket  32  with longer horizontal members to reach in to the cooker and arcuate members  31  with a sharper curvature. 
     An optional fourth bar connecting bar  121  is parallel to connecting bars  120  located toward the front side of the frames  117  and  118  at a height just below the crossbar  26  so that the cooker supporting member can swivel without crossbar  26  touching the fourth connecting bar  121 . 
     The length of the brackets  32  and the curvature of the arcuate pieces  31  are selected so that the frame can receive a cooker of a given size. 
     The two downward extending members  37  and  39  have at least three spaced apart through holes  30  pointing radially inward for inserting two bolts in two of the three holes and threading into the ends of horizontal member  24 . Only two of the three holes  30  can be used. The extra holes provide for alternate vertical positioning of the cooker within the basket  20 . 
     The hand truck  50  includes a left side truck frame assembly  53 , a right side truck frame assembly  51  and a handle unit  55 . The handle unit  55  includes a horizontal handle bar  52  with a horizontal downward opening channel member  96  attached perpendicularly to the right hand end of handle bar  52  and a horizontal downward opening channel member  98  attached perpendicularly to the left hand end of handle bar  52 . The downward opening channel members  96  and  98  receive and hold the top edges of the left and right side truck frame assemblies  53  and  51  in a fixed relationship to one another. Horizontal through holes  92  and  94  in the top members of the left and right side truck frame assemblies  53  and  51  and horizontal through holes centered in the channel members  96  and  98  are aligned and locking pins  54  are inserted to lock the two side truck frame assemblies together in the channel members  96  and  98  of the handle unit  55 . 
     The left and right side truck frame assemblies  53  and  51  are generally rectangular frames where-in the left and right side truck frame assemblies  53  and  51  are about four to ten inches in width and the height of the left and right side truck frame assemblies is about twice the height of the side frames  117  and  118  of the cooker holding frame. The left side frame assembly  53  includes two parallel lower wheel flanges  88  extending horizontally rearward from each side of the bottom of the left side frame assembly  53 . A castor wheel  64  is aligned with through holes in the flanges  88  and a shoulder bolt  68  is passed through the through holes and the castor wheel  64  and threaded into a fastening nut. The left side frame assembly  53  also includes two parallel upper wheel flanges  84  extending horizontally rearward from each side of the left side frame assembly  53  at a height of about three quarters of the height of the frame assembly  53 . A castor wheel  60  is aligned with through holes in the flanges  84  and a shoulder bolt  68  is passed through the through holes and the castor wheel  60  and threaded into a fastening nut. 
     The right side frame assembly  51  includes two parallel lower wheel flanges  90  extending horizontally rearward from each side of the bottom of the right side frame assembly  51 . A castor wheel  66  is aligned with through holes in the flanges  90  and a shoulder bolt  68  is passed through the through holes and the castor wheel  66  and threaded into a fastening nut. The right side frame assembly  51  also includes two parallel upper wheel flanges  86  extending horizontally rearward from each side of the right side frame assembly  51  at a height of about three quarters of the height of the frame assembly  51 . A castor wheel  62  is aligned with through holes in the flanges  86  and a shoulder bolt  68  is passed through the through holes and the castor wheel  62  and threaded into a fastening nut. 
     The left side frame assembly  53  includes a lower L-shaped clip  82  rigidly fixed on the outer face of the left side frame assembly  53  near the bottom with the opening of the clip facing to the right and the free end of the L-shaped clip having a downward extending portion. The clip  82  is sized to receive and tightly hold the bottom portion of the rear vertical longitudinal member  132  on vertical left side frame  118  just above the bottom horizontal longitudinal member  134  with the downward extending portion bearing against the inner side of the bottom horizontal longitudinal member  134 . 
     The left side frame assembly  53  also includes an upper L-shaped clip  78  rigidly fixed on the inner face of the left side frame assembly  53  with the opening of the clip facing to the left. The clip  78  is located at a distance above the clip  82  such that when the lower clip  82  is locked in place just above the bottom horizontal member  134 , the clip  78  catches and holds the top portion of the rear vertical longitudinal member  132  on the vertical left side frame  118  just below the top horizontal longitudinal member  133 . 
     The right side frame assembly  51  includes a lower L-shaped clip  80  rigidly fixed on the outer face of the right side frame assembly  51  near the bottom with the opening of the clip facing to the left and the free end of the L-shaped clip having a downward extending portion. The clip  80  is sized to receive and tightly hold the bottom portion of the rear vertical longitudinal member  132  on vertical right side frame  117  just above the bottom horizontal longitudinal member  134  with the downward extending portion bearing against the inner side of the bottom horizontal longitudinal member  134 . 
     The right side frame assembly  51  also includes an upper L-shaped clip  76  rigidly fixed on the inner face of the right side frame assembly  51  with the opening of the clip facing to the right. The clip  76  is located at a distance above the clip  80  such that when the lower clip  80  is locked in place, the clip  76  catches and holds the top portion of the rear vertical longitudinal member  132  on the vertical right side frame  118  just below the top horizontal longitudinal member  133 . 
     With the left and right side frame truck assemblies  51  and  53  attached by the clips as explained above, the channels  96  and  98  of the handle unit  55  are positioned over the top horizontal members of the left and right side frame assemblies  56  and  58 , respectively so that the through holes  92  and  94  are aligned with the through holes in the top horizontal members. Lock pins  54  are placed in the aligned through holes to lock the handle unit  55  in place and thus hold the left and right side frame truck assemblies  51  and  53  in a parallel spaced apart relationship with one another. Thus, the clips  76 ,  78 ,  80 , and  82  and the handle unit  55  maintain the hand truck  50  in rigid connection with the ceramic support frame  100 . 
     Another alternate embodiment of the cooker frame and transport device, shown in  FIGS. 9-12 , has left and right truck frame assemblies which have and upper half  152  and a lower half  154  which are detachable from one another to allow the lower portions  154  to remain attached to the cooker support frame while the upper half  152  is removed for appearance and convenience. The screw  158  and nuts  156  are removed to allow disassembly of the upper halves  152  from the lower halves  154 . 
     Still another alternate embodiment of the cooker frame and transport device includes sliders  150 , as seen in  FIG. 13 , instead of caster wheels  60  at the upper end of the left and right side frame truck assemblies  51  and  53 . As the truck assemblies are angled over onto a platform such as a pickup bed shown in  FIGS. 6 and 7 , the sliders  150  come into contact with the upper surface of the platform and slide forward into the truck. 
     Yet another alternate embodiment of the cooker frame and transport device has a simpler pair of left and right side frame truck assemblies  160  with one vertical longitudinal element  160  and braced wheel units  167  and  168 , as shown in  FIG. 14 . 
     An alternate embodiment of the cooker frame and transport device contains left and right side panels  166 , as shown in  FIG. 12 , rather than side frame assemblies  117  and  118 . Panels  166  are solid resilient material which are about one eighth to one quarter inches in thickness and spaced apart and held together in a parallel configuration by horizontal parallel crossbars  120  and  121 . 
     The cooker frame and transport device can also have lugs  164  extending downward from the front and rear end of the cooker support frames rather than leveling legs  122 . 
     The foregoing detailed description is given primarily for clearness of understanding and no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom, for modification will become obvious to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure and may be made upon departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, this invention is not intended to be limited by the specific exemplification presented herein above. Rather, what is intended to be covered is within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.