Gas cylinder cart securable to gas grill
View Patent ↗A securable cart assembly for a gas grill that allows easy transport and installation, and which permits the cart and associated gas cylinder tank to cooperate with and be secured to a gas grill assembly.
1. A gas grill assembly using a gas cylinder tank as a fuel source and a cooperating gas cylinder cart securable to the grill assembly at two locations of the grill assembly comprising:
a cooking chamber;
a grill frame assembly supporting the cooking chamber, the grill frame assembly including a lower frame portion and a side table;
an upper cart support member attached to the side table wherein the upper cart support member attached to said side table includes at least one hook;
a lower cart support assembly attached to the lower frame portion of the grill assembly, the lower cart support assembly including a rod parallel to the lower frame portion and positioned between two opposing brackets which are attached to the lower frame portion;
a generally L-shaped gas cylinder cart having a substantially horizontal platform portion and a substantially vertical member and a pair of wheels at the apex of the horizontal platform and vertical member;
an upper cart engagement member including at least one post, the upper cart engagement member attached to the substantially vertical member of the cart which is capable of engagement with the hook of the upper cart support member;
a lower cart engagement member attached to the substantially horizontal platform member of the cart, the lower cart engagement member including an inverted u-shaped foot, a recessed portion of the foot pivotably engaging the rod of the tower cart support assembly;
a gas cylinder suspension member attached to said substantially vertical member of said cart which is capable of securing said tank on said cart; and,
wherein the apex of the L-shaped gas cylinder cart may be pivoted upward about the u-shaped foot so that the at least one post of the upper cart engagement member may be engaged with the at least one hook of the upper cart support member, thereby providing two points of support of said L-shaped cart on said grill frame assembly, one at the upper cart support assembly and the other at the lower cart support assembly.
2. The gas grill and cooperating gas cylinder cart assembly of claim 1 wherein the gas cylinder suspension member is a gas cylinder scale.