Portable outdoor fireplace with convertible grill feature
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1. A portable outdoor fireplace, comprising:
- a base member for supporting and burning a combustible material therein, a fire screen assembly supported by the base member, the fire screen assembly defining a fire chamber which contains said combustible material within said base member, said fire screen assembly including first and second fire screens panels extending upwardly from said base member in order to provide a protective screen around said combustible material, said fire screen assembly further including an upright frame having a plurality of first and second frame members, one of the first frame members engaging said base member and the second frame members extending upwardly from said one first frame member the first and frame members cooperating to hold the first and second fire screen panels in said frame in a vertical orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panels being removable from said vertical orientation and insertable horizontally into slots disposed in said second frame members, said second frame member slots supporting said first fire screen panel in said frame in a horizontal orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panel defining a fire screen when supported in said vertical orientation frame and defining a cooking grill when supported in said horizontal orientation.
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Abstract
A portable outdoor fireplace with a fire screen assembly convertible into a cooking grill includes top and bottom cover members and a fire screen assembly extending vertically therebetween. The fire screen assembly is cylindrical and includes multiple screen panels supported vertically therein. One screen panel is removable and insertable into the fire screen assembly and supported horizontally therein to provide a grill surface within the fire screen assembly which may be used for cooking.
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21 Claims
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1. A portable outdoor fireplace, comprising:
a base member for supporting and burning a combustible material therein, a fire screen assembly supported by the base member, the fire screen assembly defining a fire chamber which contains said combustible material within said base member, said fire screen assembly including first and second fire screens panels extending upwardly from said base member in order to provide a protective screen around said combustible material, said fire screen assembly further including an upright frame having a plurality of first and second frame members, one of the first frame members engaging said base member and the second frame members extending upwardly from said one first frame member the first and frame members cooperating to hold the first and second fire screen panels in said frame in a vertical orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panels being removable from said vertical orientation and insertable horizontally into slots disposed in said second frame members, said second frame member slots supporting said first fire screen panel in said frame in a horizontal orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panel defining a fire screen when supported in said vertical orientation frame and defining a cooking grill when supported in said horizontal orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable outdoor fireplace-grill assembly, comprising:
a base member for supporting and burning the combustible material therein, a fire screen assembly supported by the base member, the fire screen assembly defining a generally cylindrical enclosure containing said combustible material within said base member, said fire screen assembly including first and second fire screens panels which provide a protective screen around said combustible material, said fire screen assembly further including a frame including a pair of opposing ring members interconnected by vertical columns which cooperate together with said first and second fire screen panels to define the generally cylindrical enclosure, the frame ring members defining a circular perimeter of said generally cylindrical enclosure, two of said frame columns being spaced apart from each other along said generally cylindrical enclosure perimeter, said two frame columns including respective opposing flanges spaced apart from said ring members and further aligned together such that an imaginary line drawn interconnecting them defines a chord of said generally cylindrical enclosure perimeter, said frame further including a plurality of first and second slots, the frame first slots holding the first and second fire screen panels in said frame in a vertical orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panels being removable from said vertical orientation and insertable horizontally into the frame second slots, said frame second slots supporting said first fire screen panel in said frame in a horizontal orientation with respect to said base member, said first fire screen panel defining a fire screen when supported in said vertical orientation frame and defining a cooking grill when supported in said horizontal orientation. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A portable outdoor fireplace, comprising:
a fire bowl member for supporting and burning the combustible material therein, a fire screen assembly supported on the fire bowl member and extending upwardly therefrom, the fire screen assembly defining a generally cylindrical enclosure containing said combustible material within said fire bowl member, said fire screen assembly including first and second fire screen panels which provide a protective screen around said combustible material, said fire screen assembly further including a frame holding the first and second fire screen panels in an upright orientation with respect to said fire bowl member, said first fire screen panels being removable from said vertical orientation and insertable horizontally into said frame, said frame including means for supporting said first fire screen panel in said frame in a horizontal orientation with respect to said fire bowl member, said first fire screen panel defining a fire screen when supported in said vertical orientation frame and defining a cooking grill when supported in said horizontal orientation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A portable fireplace-grill assembly, comprising:
a base member for supporting and burning the combustible material therein, a fire screen assembly supported by the base member, the fire screen assembly defining a generally cylindrical enclosure containing said combustible material within said base member, said fire screen assembly including first and second fire screens panels which provide a protective screen around said combustible material, said fire screen assembly further including a frame including a pair of opposing ring members interconnected by vertical columns which cooperate together with said first and second fire screen panels to define the generally cylindrical enclosure, the frame ring members defining a circular perimeter of said generally cylindrical enclosure, two of said frame columns being spaced apart from each other along said generally cylindrical enclosure perimeter, said two frame columns defining an entrance of said cylindrical enclosure, and said entrance including means for holding a grill panel insertable horizontally into said frame, and supporting said grill panel in said frame in a horizontal orientation with respect to said base member.
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