Patent ID: 7588027

Claim:
An articulated cooking grill comprising: post mountable so as to be stable and substantially vertically on the ground by ground engaging means, a parallelogram linkage comprising a parallel pair of arms vertically spaced apart and pivotally mounted at first ends thereof to an upper end of said post, said parallelogram linkage extending from a forward side of said post, an elongate cross member having opposite upper and lower ends pivotally mounted at said upper and lower ends to second ends of said pair of arms, said second ends opposite said first ends, a horizontal cooking platform removably mountable to and so as to be cantilevered from said cross-member so that said platform extends away from said parallelogram linkage and said post, an elongate handle extending rearwardly from one arm of said pair of arms so as to extend oppositely from said cooking platform and so as to extend from a rearward side of said post opposite said forward side of said post, wherein said handle includes a portion having a downwardly disposed first mating surface, a slide slidably mounted on said handle, said slide having a grasping portion, said slide extending rearwardly of said first mating portion and slidable over said handle relative to said first mating portion, a pivot arm pivotally mounted to a lower side of said slide, a first end of said pivot arm having an upward disposed second mating surface, an elongate brace pivotally mounted at a first end thereof to said post, a second end of said brace, opposite said first end of said brace, pivotally mounted to said pivot arm, a lever extending rearwardly from said second end of said pivot arm for grasping by a user simultaneously with the user grasping said grasping portion of said slide, wherein urging together of said grasping portion of said slide and said lever lowers said second mating surface from locking engagement with said first mating surface whereby said handle may be elevated to lower said platform, and wherein releasing of said urging together of said grasping portion of said slide and said lever rotates said pivot arm so as to elevate said second mating surface and said first end of said pivot arm, due to said platform rotating said second ends of said pair of arms downwardly to thereby rotate said handle upwardly, thereby driving said second mating surface into mating engagement with said first mating surface, and wherein lowering of said handle disengages said first and second mating surfaces and raises said platform.