Wind guard system, device and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10995964-B2
Application number	US-201816171338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2018
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of a wind guard system for blocking a cross-wind from flowing through a gap defined between a griddle and a cooking station. The wind guard system includes multiple wind guard members each having a shield portion and a hook portion, the hook portion extending from an upper end portion of the shield portion. The hook portion is sized and configured to be positioned to removably hang over a top edge of upstanding walls of the griddle member so that a height of the shield portion extends downward to cover the gap defined between an underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wind guard system for use with an outdoor type griddle cooking station having an upper side with burners positioned therein, comprising:
a griddle member including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat rectangular cooking surface and an upstanding wall extending along a periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the upstanding wall extending at least along a rear side, a right side and a left side of the periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the underside of the griddle member including legs adjacent to an underside periphery of the underside of the griddle member, the legs sized and configured to be positioned on the upper side of the cooking station so as to define a gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station; and
multiple wind guard members separate and discrete from each other, each of the multiple wind guard members extending with an elongated length, a height, and a thickness, the thickness being a sheet metal material, each of the multiple wind guard members including an upper end portion exhibiting a hook portion, the hook portion of each of the multiple wind guard members sized and configured to be positioned to removably hang over a top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member so that each of the multiple wind guard members extends downward to cover the gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.

2. The wind guard system of claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple wind guard members comprises an elongated hole defined therein, the elongated hole extending along the elongated length of each of the multiple wind guard members, the elongated hole exhibiting a vent structure extending over the elongated hole.

3. The wind guard system of claim 1 , wherein the hook portion of each of the wind guard members extends along the elongated length of the upper end portion of each of the wind guard members.

4. The wind guard system of claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple wind guard members comprises two wind guard members with a first length and two wind guard members with a second length, the height of each of the wind guard members with the first length and the second length being a common height.

5. A method for substantially blocking wind between a gap of a griddle cooking station, the method comprising:
providing a cooking station including a base frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall each extending to an upper end of the base frame so as to define an upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the cooking station including flame burners positioned between the front wall and the rear wall, the cooking station including a griddle member sized to correspond with the upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the griddle member including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat rectangular cooking surface and an upstanding wall extending along a periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the upstanding wall extending at least along a rear side, a right side and a left side of the periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the underside of the griddle member including legs adjacent to an underside periphery of the underside of the griddle member, the legs sized and configured to be positioned on the base frame so as to define a gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame; and
positioning multiple separate and discrete wind guard members with a hook portion such that hook portion of each of the wind guard members sits over a top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member so that the wind guard members extend downward to cover the gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positioning comprises hanging the wind guard members over the top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positioning comprises positioning the wind guard members over the top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member such that an elongated hole defined in each of the wind guard members extends longitudinally along an elongated length of the wind guard members and extends to correspond with the gap defined between the griddle member and the base frame.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positioning comprises positioning two wind guard members with a first longitudinal length and positioning two wind guard members with a second longitudinal length such that a height of each of the wind guard members with the first and second longitudinal lengths is a common height.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positioning comprises positioning wind guard members separately and discretely over the top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member such that the wind guard members are positioned in a disconnected manner relative to each other.

10. A wind guard system for blocking a cross-wind while cooking a food product, the wind guard system comprising:
a cooking station including a base frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall each extending to an upper end of the base frame so as to define an upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the cooking station including flame burners positioned between the front wall and the rear wall;
a griddle member sized to correspond with the upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the griddle member including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat rectangular cooking surface and an upstanding wall extending along a periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the upstanding wall extending at least along a rear side, a right side and a left side of the periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the underside of the griddle member including legs adjacent to an underside periphery of the underside of the griddle member, the legs sized and configured to be positioned on the base frame so as to define a gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame; and
multiple wind guard members separate and discrete from each other, each of the multiple wind guard members extending with an elongated length, a height, and a thickness, the thickness being a sheet metal material, each of the multiple wind guard members including an upper end portion exhibiting a hook portion, the hook portion of each of the multiple wind guard members sized and configured to be positioned to removably hang over a top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member so that each of the multiple wind guard members extends downward to cover the gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.

11. The wind guard system of claim 10 , wherein each of the multiple wind guard members comprises an elongated hole defined therein, the elongated hole extending along the elongated length of each of the multiple wind guard members, the elongated hole exhibiting a vent structure extending over the elongated hole.

12. The wind guard system of claim 10 , wherein the hook portion of each of the wind guard members extends along the elongated length of the upper end portion of each of the wind guard members.

13. The wind guard system of claim 10 , wherein each of the multiple wind guard members comprises two wind guard mem

Assignees

• North Atlantic Imp Llc

Inventors

• Dahle Roger

Classifications

• A47J37/067

  Horizontally disposed broiling griddles · CPC title

• A47J37/0786

  Accessories · CPC title

• F24C15/28 Primary

  Draught shields · CPC title