US 11,849,881 B2
Portable cooking assembly
Glen Van Peski, Bend, OR (US)
Assigned to Gossamer Gear, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Gossamer Gear, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/083,103.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,033, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127895 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 36/36 (2006.01); A47J 33/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/36 (2013.01) [A47J 33/00 (2013.01); A47J 36/06 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A windscreen for use in outdoor cooking, comprising:
a main body having an upper edge, a lower edge, and first and second opposing end portions;
a fastening mechanism for coupling the opposing end portions to assemble the main body into a ready-to-use configuration having an inner volume sized for receiving a cooking vessel; and
one or more cooking vessel support members fixed to an inner surface of the main body, extending from the main body into the inner volume, for supporting the cooking vessel in the inner volume;
wherein the cooking vessel support members comprise stepped structures, each stepped structure comprising a first projection integrally formed with a second projection, wherein the first projection extends from the main body a first distance and the second projection extends from the main body a second distance that is less than the first distance, wherein the first projection comprises a horizontally disposed upper surface for supporting the cooking vessel within the main body when the main body is in the ready to-to-use configuration, and wherein the second projection comprises a vertically extending side surface adapted to contact an outer side surface of the cooking vessel for centering the cooking vessel within the main body when the main body is in the ready to-to-use configuration.