Portable campfire fireplace

• US 4,363,313 A
• Filed: 11/24/1980
• Issued: 12/14/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert J. Smith
• Original Assignee: Robert J. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yeung, James C.
• Application Number:
  US06/209,522
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 126/25 R, 126/9 R, 126/9 A, 126/9 B, 126/25 A, 126/25 AA, 126/25 B, 126/25 C, 126/29, 126/59, 126/30
• US Class Current: 126/9.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/202 specially adapted for travelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/928 Cooking stoves using biomass

Abstract

A portable campfire fireplace for containing a campfire and for providing a cooking surface which is adjustable with respect to the fire, in which side walls form a firebox and are hinged to fold flat, side by side. A post extends upwardly from eyes at one corner of the firebox and a bracket for holding a grill is slidable and rotatable on the post. A collar and set screw hold the bracket in place on the post. All pieces of the fireplace can be attached to one wall of the firebox for storing and transporting the fireplace. A false bottom may be disposed in the firebox for charcoal cooking, to hold the charcoal near the top of the firebox.

Claims

1. A portable campfire fireplace comprising a firebox including four walls, hinge means for interconnecting said walls at three corners to permit said walls to be moved between an open position in which the walls are disposed adjacent each other at their end edges to define a substantially enclosed inner area in which the fire may be built and a closed position in which said walls are compactly arranged for storage, releasable fastening means connecting the walls at the fourth corner including eyes disposed on each of said adjacent end edges of said walls at said fourth corner and overlapping each other when said firebox is in the open position, an elongated post removably inserted into said overlapping eyes to lock said eyes together and to hold said post in a vertical position on the firebox, a cooking unit mounted on said post and including a cooking surface on which meals can be prepared, and means for adjusting the position of said cooking surface vertically and horizontally with respect to said firebox.

2. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 1 in which said inner area of said firebox defined by said walls is square.

3. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 1 in which said walls are disposed side by side throughout substantially the length of each in the closed position.

4. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 3 in which said cooking unit includes a bracket having a sleeve slidable on said post and rotatable with respect thereto, and a grill held by said bracket.

5. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 4 in which a collar is slidably disposed on said post, means is provided for securing said collar in position on said post, and said bracket rests on said collar.

6. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 4 in which said grill is hinged for folding to substantially the size of one of said side walls.

7. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 5 in which means are provided for attaching said grill, said post, said bracket and said collar to said side walls when said side walls are disposed one on top of another.

8. A portable campfire fireplace as defined in claim 1 in which a false bottom is attached to said walls for holding charcoal briquettes.