US 12,433,446 B2
Transversely-loadable rotisserie skewer racks for grills
Christian Hyde, Schaumburg, IL (US); Daniel Ramirez, Des Plaines, IL (US); Robert Farmer, Naperville, IL (US); Romualdo Sonny Siazon, Woodstock, IL (US); Brian C. Donnelly, Naperville, IL (US); Cassandra A. S. McVey, Palatine, IL (US); Shannon Ella Cerny, Aurora, IL (US); and Michelle Stohl, Glenview, IL (US)
Assigned to Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Palatine, IL (US)
Filed by Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Palatine, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/834,718.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,924, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043473 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 37/04 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/041 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotisserie skewer rack, comprising:
a right support plate including a right side and a left side, the right support plate further including a plate channel having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a rear opening, the plate channel of the right support plate configured to transversely receive a rotisserie spit via the rear opening of the plate channel of the first support plate;
a left support plate spaced apart from the right support plate, the left support plate including a left side and a right side, the left support plate further including a plate channel having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a rear opening, the plate channel of the left support plate configured to transversely receive the rotisserie spit via the rear opening of the plate channel of the left support plate;
a plurality of skewers extending between the right support plate and the left support plate;
a first mounting bracket coupled to the right support plate, the first mounting bracket oriented orthogonally relative to and extending laterally away from the right side of the right support plate, the first mounting bracket including a mounting channel having an upper wall, a lower wall, a front wall, and a rear opening, the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket configured to transversely receive the rotisserie spit via the rear opening of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket;
a second mounting bracket coupled left support plate, the second mounting bracket oriented orthogonally relative to and extending laterally away from the left side of the left support plate, the second mounting bracket including a mounting channel having an upper wall, a lower wall, a front wall, and a rear opening, the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket configured to transversely receive the rotisserie spit via the rear opening of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket, wherein the right support plate, the left support plate, the first mounting bracket, and the second mounting bracket are respectively configured to be transversely loaded onto the rotisserie spit;
a first fastener configured to be threadedly coupled to the first mounting bracket, the first fastener movable relative to the first mounting bracket between a locked position that partially obstructs a forward position of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket and an unlocked position that does not obstruct the forward portion of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket;
a second fastener configured to the threadedly coupled to the second mounting bracket, the second fastener movable relative to the second mounting bracket between a locked position that partially obstructs a forward portion of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket and an unlocked position that does not obstruct the forward portion of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket;
a first clip pivotably coupled to the first mounting bracket, the first clip including an engagement portion configured to be selectively positioned within a first slot formed in the upper wall of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket, the first clip rotatable relative to the first mounting bracket between a closed position in which the engagement portion of the first clip is positioned within the first slot and in which the first clip obstructs a rearward portion of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket, and an open position in which the engagement portion of the first clip in not positioned within the first slot and in which the first clip does not obstruct the rearward portion of the mounting channel of the first mounting bracket; and
a second clip pivotably coupled to the second mounting bracket, the second clip including an engagement portion configured to be selectively positioned within a second slot formed in the upper wall of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket, the second clip rotatable relative to the second mounting bracket between a closed position in which the engagement portion of the second clip is positioned within the second slot and in which the second clip obstructs a rearward portion of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket, and an open position in which the engagement portion of the second clip in not positioned within the second slot and in which the second clip does not obstruct the rearward portion of the mounting channel of the second mounting bracket.