Patent ID: 7946223

Claim:
A skewer shield for shielding the handle ends of skewers placed on a cooking grill, comprising a shielding body adapted for placement on a cooking grill, said shielding body having a front edge, a back edge, side edges extending between the front and back edge, and handles on said side edges for ease of placing the skewer shield on and picking it up from a cooking grill, said shielding body being made of a non-flammable material, substantially the entirety of said shielding body having no openings that would allow heat or flames to pass therethrough, and a skewer engaging portion extending upwardly from the front edge of said shielding body, said skewer engaging portion having a top resting edge for resting skewers thereagainst wherein the handle ends of the skewers extend over the shielding body from the front edge toward the back edge thereof; the distance between the front and back edge of said shielding body being sufficient to allow said shielding body to shield at least a portion of the handle ends of skewers rested against the top resting edge of said skewer engaging portion.