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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399016 | Cooking utensil A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance having a hingedly mounted cover includes a food engaging portion; and a shaft mounted on the food engaging portion and which supports the cover in a given spaced orientation relative to the cooking appliance. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7156434 | Cooking tool assembly A cooking tool assembly (10) is disclosed which includes a first cooking tool comprising tong means (14) having gripping means (17,18) located at one end of respective arms (15,16) the arms being distally pivotted at the other end, and se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131675 | Camp fire tool A tool to be used for controlling campfires. This tool is has a bright or reflective mainshaft to place users on notice of its location, and its potentially dangerous temperature. This tool has a hook portion to accommodate standard sizes of camp fire wood for the c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108304 | Grilling implement and method of use thereof A grilling implement and method of use thereof, the grilling implement comprising at least one hook having a tip, a shaft and a heel. The shaft and heel lie coplanar, and the tip curves upward out of the plane of the shaft and heel such that the hook can be passed u... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7007687 | Campfire grilling device A campfire grilling device comprising (i) a stake, (ii) a slide hammer on the stake, (iii) a horizontal support, with grilling surface, (iv) a frictional engager to hold the horizontal support to the stake, and (v) a grill lifting tool is disclosed. Using the grill ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6959951 | Wire rack and grill lifting tool A lifting tool having a handle connected to a flexible stabilizing member with ends that engage the top surface of a wire rack, and a hook member that extends downwardly from the stabilizing member to engage and receive the wire rack when the stabilizing member is i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6485074 | Tool for handling barbecue grills A tool includes an elongate body having a handle unit on one end and a grill contacting unit on another end. The grill contacting unit includes diverging tines with each having a beveled edge that may be scraped against a bar of a grill to clean that gril... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6039372 | Grill lifting tool A grill lifting tool comprises an elongated handle with a head attached to a distal end thereof relative to a user. The head presents a first slot adapted to receive at least two bars of a grate therein, and a second slot in communication with the first s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5729854 | Multi-purpose tool for barbecue grill A multi-purpose tool, for use with a barbecue grill, having a hook at one end thereof and a relatively thin curved and tapered blade at the other end thereof which tool can be used for many different functions such as lifting and repositioning a grill cov... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5314220 | Lifting tool for dutch oven covers A tool for lifting hot or unaccessible lids or covers with handles is described. The apparatus consists of a handle with a hook that pivots and a stabilizing member. The hook attached to the pivot also can have a stabilizing member attached thereto. The h... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5206998 | Barbeque utensil kit A utensil kit is arranged to include a spatula, bifurcated fork, and tong structure, each having telescopingly mounted heads secured to forward tooth portions telescopingly received within support tubes. Spring members are arranged to bias the forward tub... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5183304 | Apparatus and method for grasping and stably lifting lids having a handle An apparatus and method for grasping and lifting a lid having a handle and for lifting the vessel with which the lid is associated is disclosed. The apparatus is particularly directed to use with Dutch ovens and includes two elongated rods conjoined toget... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4903683 | Apparatus and method for dutch oven cooking over charcoal A system, including apparatus and methods, which facilitates the use of dutch ovens, usually combined with a charcoal heating source, in outdoor cooking. The first apparatus is a safe, independent, time-efficient device which quickly preheats charcoal bri... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4889375 | Fireplace tool A fireplace tool comprising an elongated rod member having a handle grip on one end and a pointed poker formed on the other end and including a plurality of four-sided chisel members extending through the elongated rod at a portion near the poker end. Eac... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4801166 | Grate handle A grate handle includes a handle body having a longitudinal axis. The handle body has a first slot formed therein being wider than a bar of a grate and being elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, whereby a bar of a grat... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4791701 | Utility tool for rotisserie spits The utility tool facilitates the handling of rotisserie spits particularly heated spits during cooking. The tool can be used to carry a spit crosswise or lengthwise. A stepped slot is formed in a projected plate mounted at one end of the tool for engaging... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4478449 | Fireplace tongs Fireplace tongs comprising a pair of levers connected to one another between their respective ends by means of a first pivot in the manner of scissors, this first pivot defining on one side thereof operating arms and on the other side thereof extensions o... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4471985 | Barbecue grill lifting tool The barbecue grill lifting tool of this invention has a substantially cylindrical rear handle and a front grill engaging element, connected by an elongated rigid stem which disposes the element below and in front of the handle. The grill engaging element ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4222599 | Dutch oven lifting device A hand-held device for selectively lifting a dutch oven or the oven lid comprises an elongated handle having a prong member secured at one end, the prong member having a first leg extending at an obtuse angle from the handle and a second leg extending at ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4176871 | Fireplace tongs Fireplace tongs comprising a tubular stationary member including a handle located at one end, and a telescoping member having one end slidably received within the stationary member. The stationary and telescoping members include downwardly depending claw-... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4156542 | Fireplace implement A blow-through fireplace implement for arranging and stimulating the burning of combustible materials includes an elongate structure having a handle formation near one end and a material-engaging formation near the other end. An inlet is defined by the ha... | 05/29/1979 |
