US 12,318,038 B2
Slidable waste management systems for cookboxes of grills
Douglas W. Masek, Palatine, IL (US); James Keclik, McHenry, IL (US); Michael A. Graef, Aurora, IL (US); Brian Mathews, Sycamore, IL (US); Nathan Mellas, Lenoir City, TN (US); Nathan Ioriatti, Saint Charles, IL (US); and Nicholas M. Nanos, Jr., Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Palatine, IL (US)
Filed by Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Palatine, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,295.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,969, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,537, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167792 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0786 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0704 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grill, comprising:
a cookbox including a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, a left sidewall, and a lower opening, the lower opening of the cookbox located between the front wall, the rear wall, the right sidewall, and the left sidewall of the cookbox;
a first guide rail coupled to the cookbox;
a second guide rail coupled to the cookbox;
a waste tray supported by and slidably coupled to the first guide rail and the second guide rail, the waste tray being movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, the waste tray having an upper opening, a lower opening, and sloped walls, the sloped walls located between the upper opening and the lower opening of the waste tray, the sloped walls angled inwardly toward the lower opening of the waste tray, the upper opening and the sloped walls of the waste tray configured to receive waste passing downward through the lower opening of the cookbox when the waste tray is in the closed configuration, the upper opening of the waste tray further configured to be located entirely forward of the front wall of the cookbox when the waste tray is in the open configuration with the waste tray remaining supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail; and
a waste bin located below, suspended from, and removably coupled to the waste tray, the waste bin configured to receive the waste from the waste tray as the waste passes downward through the lower opening of the waste tray when the waste bin is coupled to the waste tray.