IP Library Granted Patent US 12,193,561
Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,561 · App. 18/135,640 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Portable mobile food preparation station

Inventor: Christopher Jackson Crawford (Carlsbad, CA)
A45F3/46E03C1/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,193,561
App. No.
18/135,640
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable mobile food preparation station has a body with a fillable water tank, a pump, a battery, a hose, silverware, a cutting board, a sink, and a task light. Retractable handles allow for a stovetop and the sink to be mounted to the sides of the body, allowing for access to the cutting board and silverware while using the stovetop, sink, or both. The task light, made of high-brightness LEDs, is placed on the inside of a hinged lid, and facilitates use of the food preparation station in low light conditions.

Claims (12)

1. A device comprising a portable, mobile food preparation station consisting of:

a body, wherein the body has a fillable water tank, wherein the body has two or more retractable handles which allow for a stovetop and a sink to be mounted within the body

a pump, wherein the pump provides pressurized water to the sink through a hose, where the hose at a terminal end has a nozzle, wherein the nozzle allows for deliver or water at different arrays

an assortment of silverware,

a cutting board,

at least one of said two or more extendable handles is nestled within the body, and is extended out when the device is to be moved,

a hinged lid, wherein the hinged lid is hingeably attached to the body, where one or more latches secure the hinged lid to the body when the device is not in use, wherein the hinged lid additionally comprises a control panel, wherein the control panel comprises two or more on-off buttons

and a task light, wherein the task light is made of high-brightness LEDs, and wherein the task light is located on an inside surface of the hinged lid, where the task light is turned on an off by one of the two or more on-off buttons on the hinged lid,

a battery, where the battery supplies a power to the pump and to the task light, where the pump is turned on an off by one of the two or more on-off buttons on the hinged lid.

2. The device of claim 1 , where the control panel additionally comprises a temperature meter connect, a volumeter connector, a USC connector and a 12V marine battery connector.

3. The device of claim 2 , where the sink is a collapsible sink.

4. The device of claim 3 , where the assortment of silverware is secured by a magnet on the inside surface of the hinged lid.

Continuity (2)
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