US 12,349,838 B2
Outdoor griddle
Zachary Springer, Bentonville, AR (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,973, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071445 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0713 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0682 (2013.01); A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor griddle, comprising:
a housing including a pivotally mounted or removable cover;
a cooking surface of rectangular shape coupled within the housing, including:
a planar top portion;
a front edge, comprising a first vertically-disposed panel abutting the planar top portion, proximal to a griddle cook position;
a back edge, comprising a second vertically-disposed panel abutting the planar top portion, distal to the griddle cook position;
a left side edge, comprising a third vertically-disposed panel abutting the planar top portion, to the left of the griddle cook position;
a right side edge, comprising a fourth vertically-disposed panel abutting the planar top portion, to the right of the griddle cook position;
a right-side debris management section, located in the planar top portion at an area adjacent the right side edge, providing convenient access to right-handed cooking utensil interactions;
at least one aperture extending in an elongated fashion along the right-side debris management section of the cooking surface that provide passage for grease and debris to drain;
a drip drawer of elongate shape slideably and removeably coupled beneath the at least one aperture to catch grease and debris, wherein the drip drawer is front loaded at the front edge of the cooking surface and extends a full depth from a front of the cooking surface to a back of the cooking surface of the outdoor griddle;
a spatula scraper integrally connected to the front edge of the cooking surface extending from the front edge at a location in front of and connected to the right-side edge of the debris management section, wherein the spatula scraper provides a lip that projects upward and backward over the cooking surface;
and
a heat source assembly located beneath the cooking surface and controlled by corresponding heat regulation controls.