Transportable camper fireplace

• US 3,880,139 A
• Filed: 06/22/1973
• Issued: 04/29/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Glenn A. Young
• Original Assignee: Glenn A. Young
• Inventors: Young, Glenn A.
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Dea, William F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Application Number:
  US05/372,483
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 126/9R,25A,25R,121,126,339,62
• US Class Current: 126/9.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/205 collapsible

Abstract

An erectable combined stove, fireplace and/or grill, of isosceles trapezoidal form in cross-section, and adapted to be reduced to two compact, reasonably light units for transportation is provided. The unit when in use retains all fire and sparks within an enclosure. It can be used as a fireplace or grill and food warmer with the doors open, or as a cook stove with the doors loosely closed. The isosceles trapezoidal form is particularly important for reflecting radiant heat to the space in front of the fireplace.

Claims

1. A knockdown combined camper fireplace and stove designed to generate and efficiently to project and reflect radiant heat to the area in front of the fireplace, comprising, in combination, a. a supporting stand which includes a rigid frame of isosceles, trapezoidal form, composed of angle bars having inwardly extending horizontal webs and vertical upwardly extending peripheral webs, the front angle bar being parallel to, and longer than, the rear angle bar, and the side angle bars diverging significantly from rear to front, and supporting angle bar legs permanently foldably connected to the frame for adjustment between upstanding positions and positions in which they snugly fit throughout their lengths against certain of the angle bars, b. a body tray of isosceles trapezoidal form that fits removably into the stand frame, said tray having continuous upstanding flanges along the front, back and sides, c. a cover of substantially the same horizontal shape and dimensions as the body tray and having continuous downturned flanges along the front, back and sides, d. lateral wall members including integral sides, an integral back and a plurality of narrow front parts, each of said lateral wall members having as integral parts thereof upper and lower offset tongues cooperative with normal parts of said wall members to grip the flanges of the cover and of the body tray, respectively, in providing a stable and dependable assembly, e. wrap-around flangeS on at least one of each pair of joint forming meeting lateral members for stabilizing said members and covering the joint, f. a flue, g. means detachably securing the flue to the cover, and h. cooperative latching means on the stand frame and the cover, the parts being so dimensioned that all of the parts except the stand and the flue can be received, in disassembled form, between the opposed, latched together, collapsed stand and the cover for transportation.

2. A knockdown, conveniently transportable camper stove and fireplace as set forth in claim 1 which further includes inwardly protruding ribs at a common level well above the body tray on the opposed divergent sides for use in the mounting of a grill, and in which the lateral members bound a chamber which is wider at the front than at the rear so that the inturned ribs diverge from rear to front, in combination with a grill support of less depth than the chamber, which support is wider at the front than at the rear, said inturned ribs being provided with upstanding stops for preventing unintended forward movement of the grill support and thereby assuring against freedom of the grill support for lateral and/or turning movement which would unavoidably be present if the grill support were free to move forward, and for also assuring that the grill support will not fall through between the diverging supporting ribs.

3. A camper stove and fireplace as set forth in claim 2 in which the grill support includes parallel supporting guides between which the grill is snugly slidable and upon which it is removably mounted, the grill, itself, being no wider than a door opening which is provided at the front of the fireplace, and being maintained in alignment with said opening by the fixity of the grill support.

4. A camper stove and fireplace as set forth in claim 1 in which complementary doors of equal widths are hingedly mounted on the respective front wall parts, the door opening being centered with respect to the front and being substantially as wide as the back wall of the trapezoidal fireplace to accommodate the passage therethrough of a grill substantially equal in width to the comparatively narrow back wall.