IP Library Granted Patent US 12,352,445
Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,445 · App. 18/066,560 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Exterior wood burning grill

Inventor: Rafael J. Giamba (Stamford, CT)
Assignee: Fragia LLC
F24B1/207A47J37/0704A47J37/079F24B13/02F24C15/08A47J2037/0795
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Patent No.
US 12,352,445
App. No.
18/066,560
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grill system having a housing, a frame, movably imbedded inside the housing through a top of the housing, a grate covering a top of the frame, a wheel adjacent to a side of the housing, connected to a wheel shaft, parallel to the grate and connected to the frame, a lock securing the wheel in set positions, and a heat source inside the frame below the grate and above the wheel shaft. The wheel and wheel shaft being rotatable such that the frame and the grate are raised or lowered out of or into the housing as the wheel and wheel shaft rotate. The heat source is movable independent from the wheel, wheel shaft, frame, and grate, and the grate cannot be lowered below the heat source.

Claims (46)

1. A grill system comprising:

a housing having an open top;

a frame inside of the housing;

a shaft rotatably attached to the housing and at least partially inside of the frame, the shaft being connected to the frame; and

a handle adjacent to a side of the housing connected to the shaft;

wherein the shaft and the handle move the frame vertically without moving the housing.

2. The grill system of claim 1 wherein as the shaft rotates clockwise, the frame moves vertically in a first direction;

wherein as the shaft rotates counterclockwise, the frame moves vertically in a second direction.

3. The grill system of claim 2 wherein the handle is a wheel.

4. The grill system of claim 1 further comprising a grate on top of the frame.

5. The grill system of claim 4 wherein the grate and the frame are flush.

6. The grill system of claim 1 wherein a vertical position of the frame is defined by a first position wherein the top of the housing and a top of the frame are flush; and

at least a second position wherein the top of the frame is extended away from the top of the housing.

7. The grill system of claim 1 further comprising a drawer having an open top inside of the housing and the frame and above the shaft;

wherein the drawer is horizontally extendable.

8. The grill system of claim 7 wherein a horizontal position of the drawer is defined by a first position wherein a front of the drawer is flush with a side of the housing; and

at least a second position wherein the front of the drawer is extended away from the side of the housing.

9. The grill system of claim 1 wherein the frame moves irrespective of the position of the drawer and the drawer moves irrespective of the position of the frame.

10. The grill system of claim 1 further comprising a heat source in the drawer.

11. The grill system of claim 10 wherein the heat source is charcoal.

12. The grill system of claim 1 further comprising one or more swivel wheels to a bottom of the housing;

wherein the grill is movable on the swivel wheels.

13. The grill system of claim 1 further comprising one or more legs;

each leg comprising a swivel wheel and a peg;

wherein the grill is movable on the swivel wheels;

wherein the peg is extendable preventing movement of the grill system.

14. A grill system comprising:

a housing;

a frame, movably imbedded inside the housing through a top of the housing;

a grate covering a top of the frame;

a wheel adjacent to a side of the housing, connected to a wheel shaft, the wheel shaft being parallel to the grate and disposed inside of and connected to the frame;

a lock releasably securing the wheel in set positions; and

a heat source disposed inside the frame below the grate and above the wheel shaft;

the wheel and wheel shaft being rotatable in a first direction and a second direction;

wherein as the wheel and the wheel shaft rotate in a first direction, the frame and the grate are raised out of the housing;

wherein as the wheel and the wheel shaft rotate in a second direction, the frame and the grate are lowered into the housing;

wherein the heat source is movable independent from the wheel, wheel shaft, frame, and grate; and

wherein the grate cannot be lowered below the heat source.

15. The grill system of claim 14 , wherein the heat source is enclosed in a removable drawer, the drawer having a handle and an open top exposed to the grate.

16. The grill system of claim 15 , wherein the drawer may be extended at least partially out of the housing exposing the heat source.

17. The grill system of claim 14 , further comprising one or more legs attached to a bottom of the housing, the legs having a swivel wheel and a peg;

wherein the grill is movable on the swivel wheels;

wherein the peg is extendable preventing movement of the grill.

18. The grill system of claim 14 , further comprising a second grate and a second heat source inside of the housing, the second grate is adjacent to the grate and the second heat source is below the second grate.

19. The grill system of claim 14 , further comprising a charcoal starter;

wherein the heat source is supplied from the charcoal starter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2025
From: GIAMBA, RAFAEL J.
To: FRAGIA LLC
Reel/Frame 071158/0143 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63265460 · Dec 15, 2021
Related Publication 20230184440A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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