A portable cooking apparatus includes a plurality of panels temporarily coupled to each other and a plurality of rods. Each panel includes a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. At least two of the plurality of panels each include a plurality of slits. Each slit of the plurality of slit
A portable cooking apparatus includes a plurality of panels temporarily coupled to each other and a plurality of rods. Each panel includes a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. At least two of the plurality of panels each include a plurality of slits. Each slit of the plurality of slits extends from the top edge of a panel toward a bottom edge thereof. The plurality of rods removably extend between two panels of the plurality of panels, each rod of the plurality of rods being inserted into a first slit of the plurality of slits formed in one of the two panels and a second slit of the plurality of slits formed in another of the two panels.
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1. A portable cooking apparatus comprising: a plurality of panels temporarily coupled to each other, wherein: each panel includes a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge,at least two of the plurality of panels each include a plurality of slits, andeach slit of the plurality of slits exten
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A portable cooking apparatus comprising: a plurality of panels temporarily coupled to each other, wherein: each panel includes a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge,at least two of the plurality of panels each include a plurality of slits, andeach slit of the plurality of slits extends from the top edge of a corresponding panel of the plurality of panels toward a bottom edge thereof; anda plurality of rods removably extending between two panels of the plurality of panels, each rod of the plurality of rods being inserted into a first slit of the plurality of slits formed in one of the two panels and a second slit of the plurality of slits formed in another of the two panels, each of the plurality of rods is a flat, planar slat having at least one tapered end and includes two notches along its length, and the two notches are spaced apart from each other to correspond to a distance between the first slit and the second slit when the plurality of panels are coupled to each other;wherein: at least one tapered end tapers to terminate in a point at an outermost extremity of the at least one tapered end,the at least one rod defines a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, and a projection near the tapered end extending beyond the first longitudinal edge, andthe tapering of the tapered end is continuous and linear from the point to an extremity of the projection opposite the point. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of panels includes two opposing end panels and two opposing side panels extending between the two opposing end panels. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein: each end panel of the two opposing end panels includes a first slot and a second slot extending from one of the top edge and the bottom edge of the respective end panel toward the other of the top edge and the bottom edge of the respective end panel,each side panel includes a third slot and fourth slot extending from one of the bottom edge and the top edge of the respective side panel toward the other of the bottom edge and the top edge of the respective side panel,the first slot of one of the two opposing end panels engages with one of the third and fourth slots of one of the two opposing side panels, andthe second slot of the one of the two opposing end panels engages with one of the third and fourth slots of another of the two opposing side panels. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each rod extends above the top edges of the two opposing side panels. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of rods comprises a skewer. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a tether, wherein at least one of the plurality of panels is coupled to the tether, and the tether is configured to be pulled for repositioning the portable cooking apparatus on a support surface. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a cavity is formed between the plurality of panels, each one of the plurality of panels defines an overall height measured between the top edge and the bottom edge of the corresponding one of the plurality of panels, the overall heights of all of the plurality of panels are identical, the plurality of panels includes two opposing side panels, and at least one of the two opposing side panels includes a cutout extending upwardly from its bottom edge to provide access to the cavity, the cutout has a cutout height greater than a slit height of each of the plurality of slits and equal to or greater than two-thirds of each of the overall heights such that a top edge of the cutout is positioned closer to the bottom edge than bottom ends of the first slit and the second slit are positioned relative to the bottom edge, and the cutout has a cutout width equal to twice the cutout height. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the portable cooking apparatus has a use configuration and a non-use configuration and is adapted to readily transition from the use configuration to the non-use configuration,when the portable cooking apparatus is in the use configuration, the plurality of panels slide together coupling the plurality of panels to one another to form a cavity therebetween and the plurality of rods are coupled to and extend between the two panels of the plurality of panels, andwhen the portable cooking apparatus is in the non-use configuration, all of the plurality of panels are uncoupled from one another and the plurality of rods are all uncoupled from all of the plurality of panels. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, in combination with a storage pack formed entirely separate from the portable cooking apparatus, wherein when the portable cooking apparatus is in the non-use configuration, all of the plurality of panels and the plurality of rods are placed in a stack and secured within the storage pack. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a crosspiece extending between two rods of the plurality of rods such that the crosspiece is supported solely by the two rods and is characterized by a lack of interaction with any of the plurality of panels. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein: each of the two rods has a plurality of indentations; andthe crosspiece is inserted into a first indentation of the plurality of indentations of one of the two rods and a second indentation of the plurality of indentations of the other of the two rods. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein each indentation of the plurality of indentations has a depth that is equal to a height of the crosspiece. 13. A portable grill kit comprising: a first pair of panels each including a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, two slots extending from the first longitudinal edge toward the second longitudinal edge, and a plurality of slits extending from the first longitudinal edge toward the second longitudinal edge;a second pair of panels each including a third longitudinal edge, a fourth longitudinal edge opposite the third longitudinal edge, and two slots extending from the third longitudinal edge toward the fourth longitudinal edge, wherein each of the two slots are configured to slidably receive a thickness of one of the first pair of panels to couple one of the second pair of panels to the one of the first pair of panels; anda plurality of rods each configured to be inserted into one slit of one of the first pair of panels and another slit of another of the first pair of panels, wherein each of the plurality of rods is planar and defines a top longitudinal edge, the top longitudinal edges of the plurality of rods collectively defining a cooking surface, and each of the plurality of rods is planar and terminates in a point at one or more opposing ends and at an outermost extremity thereof to facilitate placing each of the plurality of rods through a food item to be grilled;wherein: each of the plurality of rods defines a projection extending above the top longitudinal edge and being positioned near to, but spaced from the point, andeach of the plurality of rods tapers continuously and in a linear manner from the point to an extremity of the projection opposite the point. 14. The portable grill kit of claim 13, further comprising a case including one or more pockets configured to contain the first pair of panels, the second pair of panels, and the plurality of rods. 15. The portable grill kit of claim 14, wherein: one of the second pair of panels includes a first cutout formed along a corresponding fourth longitudinal edge. 16. The portable grill kit of claim 15, wherein: one of the first pair of panels includes a second cutout extending along a corresponding second longitudinal edge. 17. The portable grill kit of claim 13, wherein at least two of the plurality of rods have lengths including a plurality of indentations, and the kit further comprises one or more crosspieces configured to be inserted into a first indentation of the plurality of indentations of one of the at least two of the plurality of rods and a second indentation of the plurality of indentations of the other of the at least two rods of the plurality of rods, such that each crosspiece is supported solely by the at one of the at least two of the plurality of rods and the other of the at least two of the plurality of rods and is characterized by a lack of interaction with any of the first pair of panels and the second pair of panels. 18. A portable cooking apparatus comprising: a pair of opposing side panels each including: a top edge,a bottom edge,two slots extending from one of the top edge and the bottom edge toward the other of the top edge and the bottom edge of the respective one of the pair of opposing side panels, anda plurality of slits extending from the top edge toward the bottom edge of the respective one of the pair of opposing side panels;a pair of opposing end panels including: a top edge,a bottom edge,two slots extending from one of the top edge and the bottom edge of the respective one of the pair of opposing end panels toward another of the top edge and the bottom edge of the respective one of the pair of opposing end panels for receiving corresponding portions of the pair of opposing side panels,wherein the pair of opposing side panels are each temporarily coupled to the pair of opposing end panels such that each of the two slots of the pair of opposing end panels receives a thickness of a different one of the pair of opposing side panels and each of the two slots of the pair of opposing side panels receives a thickness of a different one of the pair of opposing end panels; anda plurality of rods each inserted into one slit of the plurality of slits formed in each of the pair of opposing side panels such that each of the plurality of rods extends between the pair of opposing side panels, wherein: each of the plurality of rods is flat and defines a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, a tapered end, and a projection near the tapered end and extending beyond the first longitudinal edge,the tapered end terminates in a point at an outermost extremity of the tapered end, andthe tapering of the tapered end is continuous and linear from the point to an extremity of the projection opposite the point. 19. The portable cooking apparatus of claim 18, wherein: each of the plurality of rods has a length including a plurality of indentations; andthe apparatus further comprises a crosspiece extending between a pair of rods of the plurality of rods from a first indentation formed in a first rod of the pair of rods to a second indentation formed in a second rod of the pair of rods. 20. The portable cooking apparatus of claim 18, wherein the crosspiece is one of a plurality of crosspieces each extending between the pair of rods of the plurality of rods. 21. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein at least two of the plurality of panels other than the one of the plurality of panels are solid between the top edge and the bottom edge other than the plurality of slits and slots formed in each of the plurality of panels for coupling the panels to one another, and each of the plurality of panels. 22. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of slits has a bottommost edge entirely maintained above a topmost edge of the cutout. 23. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each slit of the plurality of slits extends from the top edge of a corresponding one of the plurality of panels toward the bottom edge of the corresponding one of the plurality of panels, and each slit of the plurality of slits extends from the top edge of the corresponding one of the plurality of panels a distance less than 12.5% of an overall height of the corresponding one of the plurality of panels as measured between the top edges and the bottom edge of the corresponding one of the plurality of panels. 24. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the two notches each extend from a bottom edge of each of the plurality of rods, the two notches are the only notches extending from the bottom edge of each of the plurality of rods, and the bottom edge of each of the plurality of rods is entirely linear other than the two notches extending from the bottom edge of each of the plurality of rods.
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Everett Lynn E. (New Philadelphia OH), Adjustable bracket assembly.
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