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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1996
Erich J Schlosser, Barrington, IL (US);
J Michael Alden, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert T Stephen, Barrington, IL (US);
James C Stephen, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Weber Stephen Products Co., Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
A barbecue grill including a cart with attached side work shelves is disclosed. The cart having a first frame with a plurality of vertical members joined by weldment to least an upper and lower first horizontal members, and a second frame with a plurality of vertical members joined by weldment to at least an upper and lower second horizontal members, and at least two transverse cross members joining the first frame in spaced relation to the second frame. The attachment of the side work shelves to a support member of the cart, including at least one generally vertical projection on either the support member or the work shelf, and at least one generally vertical receiver on the other, whereby the projection and receiver cooperatively dimensioned such that the projection is removably inserted in the receiver to provide cantilever support of the work shelf. The work shelf of the barbecue grill having a panel with a peripheral margin and a thickness, and a support frame underlying and supporting the panel, with a cap ring having an inwardly turned lip and a skirt depending from the lip, such that at least a portion of the lip extends over at least a portion of the peripheral margin of the panel and the skirt extends toward the support frame to at least a point whereby the skirt covers the thickness of the panel.