Patents
US 12274394 B2: Heat channeling system for outdoor cooking station and method thereof
- Granted
- 2025-04-15
- Filed
- 2020-07-11 application 16926681
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for channeling heat in an outdoor cooking station. The cooking station includes a moveable hood, movable between open and closed positions relative to the cooking station, and one or more heating elements for generating heat to a cooking surface, such as a griddle and/or grill. Further, the cooking station includes one or more baffles sized and configured to channel heat, generated by the one or more heating elements, from below the cooking surface to above the cooking surface.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250415.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Atlantic Imports, LLC 71 patents | US company or organization | Logan, UT | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve L. Puertas | Wellsville, UT | 26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher L. Hanks | Logan, UT | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A47J | Kitchen equipment; coffee mills; spice mills; apparatus for making beverages | A47J37/0682 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC signed 2025-10-01 JUNE LIFE, LLC signed 2025-10-01 NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2025-10-01 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. CHICAGO, IL | 72995/99 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-23 |
| 2025-10-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC signed 2025-10-01 JUNE LIFE, LLC signed 2025-10-01 NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2025-10-01 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. CHICAGO, IL | 72994/778 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-23 |
| 2025-05-09 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2025-05-08 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 71247/315 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-05-04 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2025-05-02 | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC LOGAN, UT | 71165/695 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-05-04 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2025-05-02 | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC LOGAN, UT COWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., LOGAN, UT | 71165/605 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-05-04 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2025-05-02 | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC LOGAN, UT | 71165/591 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-06 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2022-11-30 | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WILMINGTON, DE | 62739/721 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-06 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2022-11-30 | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 62077/968 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-02 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY signed 2022-11-30 | COWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., A UTAH CORPORATION LOGAN, UT NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC, A UTAH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LOGAN, UT | 62047/946 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-10-20 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | COWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2021-10-15 NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2021-10-15 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PHOENIX, AZ | 58554/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-10-15 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | COWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. signed 2021-10-15 NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC signed 2021-10-15 | WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 57827/313 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-09-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HANKS, CHRISTOPHER L signed 2020-09-16 PUERTAS, STEVE L signed 2020-09-16 | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC LOGAN, UT | 53836/681 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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