Patent ID: 6976485

Claim:
A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising: a grill body comprising at least one cooking chamber having at least one lower firebox, said firebox comprising a base and at least two sidewall; a frame assembly comprising at least two supporting frame members; at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to said frame assembly, at least a portion of said shelf being foldable into said cooking chamber during a stowage position and extendable from said cooking chamber during said usage position and having a distance between said shelf and said cooking chamber to avoid heat damage to said shelf when the cooking chamber is in use; and a mounting assembly comprising at least two mounting members being attached to said firebox, said first mounting member being directly connected to said first supporting frame member and said second mounting member being directly connected to said second supporting frame member to thereby create a distance between said cooking chamber and said frame assembly to avoid heat damage to said frame assembly when the cooking chamber is in use and said mounting assembly creating a fixed special relationship between said first and second frame members without the need of a cross member between said frame members.