Patents
US 12653340 B2: Outdoor cooking station with a pellet feeder for smoking food
- Granted
- 2026-06-16
- Filed
- 2021-06-02 application 17337310
- Type
- Utility · 9 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Embodiments of an outdoor cooking station having a main body with a pellet feeding system integrated with the cooking station for feeding heated smoke to a cooking chamber. The pellet feeding system utilizes a paddle wheel for feeding pellets to be burned and generating heated smoke. The heated smoke moves through a ducting system that is adjustable for distributing smoke to the cooking chamber.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 (ipgb20260616.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Atlantic Imports, LLC 71 patents | US company or organization | Providence, UT | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler J. Fullmer | Smithfield, UT | 3 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 | |
| Christopher L. Hanks | Logan, UT | 16 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 | |
| David Clark | Saratoga Springs, UT | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 | ||
| Michael R. Giebel | Joplin, MO | 29 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 | |
| Paul J. Simon | Elizabethtown, KY | 30 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A47J | Kitchen equipment; coffee mills; spice mills; apparatus for making beverages | A47J37/0704 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-16 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 2021-07-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FULLMER, TYLER J. signed 2021-07-08 HANKS, CHRISTOPHER L. signed 2021-07-08 CLARK, DAVID signed 2021-07-12 GIEBEL, MICHAEL R. signed 2021-07-19 SIMON, PAUL J. signed 2021-07-19 | NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC LOGAN, UT | 56916/689 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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