US 12,264,822 B2
Storable griddle-grill
Eber Elias Mendes de Oliveira, Santa Catarina (BR); Ivana Helena Grochowicz, Santa Catarina (BR); Lucas Borba de Melo, Santa Catarina (BR); Pedro Augusto Barbosa Santos, Santa Catarina (BR); and Maiara Pereira Westarb, Santa Catarina (BR)
Assigned to WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,466.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375179 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/14 (2006.01); F24C 1/16 (2021.01)
CPC F24C 1/16 (2013.01) [F24C 15/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An appliance with a storable heating surface, comprising:
an appliance having a front surface, a top surface, a rear surface, hinge pin grooves, and at least one heating element positioned on said top surface of said appliance;
a heating surface having:
a top cooking surface, a lower surface positioned opposite said top cooking surface, a front surface with a handle, and a grease container positioned opposite said front surface;
wherein said grease container includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and two opposed sidewalls to define a grease collection cavity;
wherein said grease container includes an opening adjacent to said top cooking surface to collect grease from said top cooking surface;
wherein said grease container includes a hinge pin on each sidewall of the grease container;
wherein said hinge pins are received in said hinge pin grooves on said appliance;
wherein said heating surface can be in a storage position with the heating surface positioned adjacent to said rear surface of said appliance with said top cooking surface being generally perpendicular to said top surface of said appliance; and
wherein said heating surface can be rotated to a use position, by movement of said hinge pins with respect to said hinge pin grooves, such that said lower surface of said heating surface is positioned above said at least one heating element and said top cooking surface of said heating surface is generally parallel to said top surface of said appliance.