Patent ID: 8151785

Claim:
A stove guard assembly that allows for vertical height adjustment comprising: a guard panel with an upper rectangular portion and a lower rectangular portion, said upper and lower rectangular portions having a width greater than a width of the stove, said upper rectangular portion being inclined outwardly from the stove and said lower rectangular portion having two identical vertical slots that run parallel to the vertical edge of the stove guard and allow for vertical height adjustment of the stove guard; wherein the two identical vertical slots of said lower rectangular portion are adjustably attached to two clamping assemblies that fasten around a handle of said oven door via bolt attachment; wherein each clamping assembly comprises two clamping bodies that are placed on opposite sides of the handle of the oven door when the clamping assembly is assembled, each clamping body having a perforated bolt hole located at an upper end and a perforated bolt hole located at a lower end, each clamping body having a bolt passed through the upper perforated bolt hole and located above the handle of the oven door when the clamping assemblies are assembled and a bolt passed through the lower perforated bolt hole and located below the handle of the oven door when the clamping assemblies are assembled, each bolt having a corresponding fastener that faces the oven door when the clamping assemblies are assembled; wherein the bolts located in the upper perforated bolt holes are slid inside the two identical vertical slots of the lower rectangular portion of the stove guard allowing for attachment of the stove guard to the clamping assemblies; wherein the bolts passed through the upper perforated bolt holes provide a clamping force when the bolts and corresponding fasteners are tightened.