US 11,700,966 B1
Outdoor seafood boiling apparatus
Norman Bourgeois, Jefferson, LA (US)
Assigned to Metal Fusion, Inc., Jefferson, LA (US)
Filed by METAL FUSION, INC., Jefferson, LA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/229,422.
Application 17/229,422 is a continuation of application No. 16/159,933, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,973,358, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/159,933 is a continuation of application No. 15/188,326, filed on Jun. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,098,493, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
Application 15/188,326 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/480,137, filed on Sep. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,675,198, issued on Jun. 13, 2017.
Application 14/480,137 is a continuation of application No. 13/208,551, filed on Aug. 12, 2011, granted, now 8,826,807, issued on Sep. 9, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/183,534, filed on Jun. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/405,983, filed on Oct. 22, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/373,069, filed on Aug. 12, 2010.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/12 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/04 (2013.01) [A47J 37/12 (2013.01); A47J 37/128 (2013.01); A47J 37/1242 (2013.01); A47J 37/1295 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seafood boiler apparatus, comprising:
a) a base;
b) a pot that rests upon the base, the pot having a bottom, side walls, an open top, and a pot interior;
c) basket that is sized and shaped to occupy the pot interior, the basket having an upper rim that includes a rim front edge, rim sides and a rear edge, the basket being pivotally connected to the pot at a pivot connection;
d) a pot lid that removably fits and covers the open top;
e) a moveable lid support that is attached to the base and that extends behind the base and below the pivot connection, the movable lid support enabling a support of the lid in selected first and second angular positions, including at least one supported position that forms a first angle with a horizontal plane in the first angular position, wherein the first angle is larger than an acute angle, and a second supported position at the second angular position that forms a second angle that is smaller than the first angle; and
f) wherein the movable lid support includes multiple connectors on the base at spaced apart positions and a moving frame that extends between the lid and a selected one of the connectors.