US 11,116,361 C1 (13,227th)
Outdoor cooking station, side shelf, and method thereof
Roger Dahle, Providence, UT (US); Steve L. Puertas, Wellsville, UT (US); and Jeffrey D. Clark, Logan, UT (US)
Filed by North Atlantic Imports, LLC, Logan, UT (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,328, Dec. 11, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,116,361, issued Sep. 14, 2021, Appl. No. 17/019,529, Sep. 14, 2020.
Application 90/019,328 is a continuation of application No. 16/364,012, filed on Mar. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,779,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,442, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Apr. 6, 2026.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-14 are cancelled.
1. An outdoor cooking station, comprising:
a main body extending to define a front side, a rear side, a first side and a second side each extending between a lower portion and an upper edge, the upper edge extending with a rectangular periphery along each of the front side, the rear side, the first side and the second side of the main body, the main body including multiple heating elements supported by the main body and disposed below the upper edge of the main body;
a griddle member removably positionable above the heating elements of the main body and configured to be supported by structure adjacent the upper edge of the main body, the griddle member including a cooking surface and an opposite underside surface; and
a side shelf configured to be coupled to one of the first side and the second side of the main body so as to be positioned to define an upward facing flat surface, the upward facing flat surface extending to an upstanding elongated ridge, the upstanding elongated ridge defining a height, the height of the upstanding elongated ridge extending upward above the upward facing flat surface so as to extend along an elongated opening defined in the side shelf, the elongated ridge extending longitudinally and linearly with the height between the front side and the rear side relative to the main body so that the elongated ridge extends substantially parallel and adjacent to the one of the first side and the second side of the main body.