STOVE WITH MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS

• US 20200132307A1
• Filed: 12/31/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Firebox Outdoors Llp
• Original Assignee: Firebox Outdoors Llp
• Inventors: DeSpain, Steven S.
• Granted Patent: US 11,668,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/022 easily collapsible or easily removable
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 1/16 with special adaptation for travelling, e.g. collapsible

Abstract

In one aspect, a stove can include a first cover including a cavity, and a second cover including a cavity. The stove can include a main portion including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion can define a first opening and the second end portion define a second opening. In a stowed configuration, the first end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the first cover and the second end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the second cover. In a deployed configuration, the second cover can be arranged so that the cavity of the second cover is facing in a downward direction away from the main portion.

Claims

1. A stove, comprising:

a first cover including a cavity;

a second cover including a cavity; and

a main portion including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion defining a first opening and the second end portion defining a second opening, the main portion including a plurality of holes in the first end portion,

in a stowed configuration, the first end portion of the main portion being disposed in the cavity of the first cover and the second end portion of the main portion being disposed in the cavity of the second cover, and

in a deployed configuration, the second end portion of the main portion being disposed in the cavity of the second cover such that second cover covers the plurality of holes in the first end portion.

2. The stove of claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes in the first end portion includes a horizontal row of holes and the plurality of holes in the second end portion includes a horizontal row of holes.

3. The stove of claim 2, wherein the horizontal row of holes in the first end portion includes a first horizontal row of holes and a second horizontal row of holes, at least one of the first horizontal row of holes or the second horizontal row of holes functions as an exhaust set of holes during operation of the stove.

4. The stove of claim 2, wherein the horizontal row of holes in the first end portion includes a first horizontal row of holes and a second horizontal row of holes, at least one of the first horizontal row of holes or the second horizontal row of holes functions as a combustion set of holes during operation of the stove.

5. The stove of claim 2, wherein the main portion includes a plurality of holes arranged in columns of inner vertical holes and columns of outer vertical holes, the columns of inner vertical holes being arranged between the columns of outer vertical holes.

6. The stove of claim 5, wherein a hole size of each of the horizontal row of holes is at least two times larger than a hole size of each of the vertical holes.

7. The stove of claim 1, wherein two sides of the main portion, which are on opposite sides of the main portion, each include a vertical row of holes.

8. The stove of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of holes in the second end portion, the plurality of holes in the first and second end portions being horizontal rows of holes, the horizontal rows of holes being disposed on each of a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side of the main portion.

9. The stove of claim 1, wherein the main portion includes at least one opening through which fuel can be inserted during operation of the stove.

10. The stove of claim 9, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the second cover is configured to cover the at least one opening.

11. The stove of claim 1, wherein the second cover includes a recess, the recess being on an opposite side of the cavity of the second cover, the recess facing in a downward direction away from the main portion.

13. The stove of claim 11, wherein the recess and the cavity of the second cover have a common wall.

14. A stove, comprising:

a first cover including a cavity;

a second cover including a cavity; and

a main portion including a first end portion defining a first opening and a second end portion defining a second opening, the main portion including a horizontal row of holes in the first end portion and a horizontal row of holes in the second end portion, and

in a deployed configuration, the second end portion of the main portion being disposed inside of the cavity of the second cover such that the second cover covers the horizontal row of holes in the second end portion.

15. The stove of claim 14, wherein the main portion further includes a vertical column of holes, and

in the deployed configuration, the second cover covers at least a portion of the vertical column of holes.

16. The stove of claim 14, wherein the main portion includes at least one opening through which fuel can be inserted during operation of the stove,

in the deployed configuration, the second cover covers the at least one opening.

17. The stove of claim 14, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the first cover is stacked below the second cover.

18. A stove, comprising:

a first cover including a cavity and a recess, the recess being on an opposite side of the first cover relative to the cavity;

a second cover including a cavity and a recess, the recess being on an opposite side of the second cover relative to the cavity; and

a main portion including a first end portion defining a first opening and a second end portion defining a second opening, the main portion including a plurality of holes in the first end portion, and

in a deployed configuration, the second end portion of the main portion being disposed in the cavity of the second cover to cover the plurality of holes in the first end portion.

19. The stove of claim 18, wherein the first end portion of the main portion includes a first horizontal row of holes and a second horizontal row of holes, the first horizontal row of holes functions as an exhaust set of holes during operation of the stove.

20. The stove of claim 18, wherein the first end portion of the main portion includes a first horizontal row of holes and a second horizontal row of holes, the second horizontal row of holes being below the first horizontal row of holes, the second horizontal row of holes functions as a combustion set of holes during operation of the stove.