Portable stove with self-stored legs
First Claim
1. A portable stove, including:
- a housing for supporting at least one burner, said housing including a plurality of corners;
a plurality of leg assemblies, each having a lower end adapted to be ground-engaging and an upper end adapted to engage one of said plurality of corners;
means for releasably securing said upper end of each leg assembly to one of said plurality of corners; and
,means for securing and storing said plurality of leg assemblies in said housing;
said upper end of each of said leg assemblies including an angle iron portion having two panels extending from a common spine and defining an included angle therebetween; and
,a plurality of mounting screws, each extending through said spine of one of said angle iron portions.
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Abstract
A portable gas stove includes a rectangular housing defined by parallel front and rear panels joined to parallel, opposed side panels. A top opening at an upper end of the housing provides access to at least one burner, and a hinged cover is adapted to pivot to close the upper opening entirely. At the bottom end of the housing, a coffer is formed with a downward opening, and a pair of flanges extending inwardly at the side edges of the coffer are dimensioned to retain the disassembled stove legs disposed therebetween. A clamp is provided to secure the legs in the coffer for travel with the stove. Each leg includes a tubular main portion, and a top end having an L-section. The L-section is dimensioned to fit in complementary fashion over any corner vertex formed by the conjunction of a side and front or rear panel of the housing. Each corner vertex includes a slot extending vertically therein, and a nut is slidably supported by a nut holder for translation along the slot. A mounting screw extends through the apex of the L-section to engage the nut within the slot, whereby the upper end of each leg may be secured to a corner of the housing. Translation of each nut in its respective slot is possible when the mounting screw is engaged but not tightened in the nut, permitting vertical adjustment of each leg before the nut is tightened. Thus the stove may be leveled to obtain stable support on uneven terrain.
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1. A portable stove, including:
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a housing for supporting at least one burner, said housing including a plurality of corners; a plurality of leg assemblies, each having a lower end adapted to be ground-engaging and an upper end adapted to engage one of said plurality of corners; means for releasably securing said upper end of each leg assembly to one of said plurality of corners; and
,means for securing and storing said plurality of leg assemblies in said housing; said upper end of each of said leg assemblies including an angle iron portion having two panels extending from a common spine and defining an included angle therebetween; and
,a plurality of mounting screws, each extending through said spine of one of said angle iron portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable stove, including:
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a housing for supporting at least one burner, said housing including a plurality of corners; a plurality of leg assemblies, each having a lower end adapted to be ground-engaging and an upper end adapted to engage one of said plurality of corners; means for releasably securing said upper end of each leg assembly to one of said plurality of corners; and
,means for securing and storing said plurality of leg assemblies in said housing; said means for securing and storing said plurality of leg assemblies including a storage compartment formed in said housing; said storage compartment including a length dimension along one axis that is greater than the length dimension of said leg assemblies, whereby said leg assemblies may be disposed parallel to said one axis and received within said storage compartment; said storage compartment including an outer opening, and further including a pair of flanges disposed at said outer opening and converging along said one axis, the distance defined between said pair of flanges being less than said length dimension, whereby said flanges retain said leg assemblies within said storage compartment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable stove, including:
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a housing for supporting at least one burner therein, said housing including a plurality of corners; a plurality of leg assemblies, each having a lower end adapted to be ground-engaging and an upper end adapted to engage one of said plurality of corners; means for coupling said upper end of each leg assembly to one of said plurality of corners in height-adjustable fashion, including a plurality of slot means, each slot means extending through one of said corners of said housing, a plurality of fastener means, each extending from one of said upper ends of said leg assemblies and through a respective one of said slot means, and means within said housing for releasably securing said fastener means within said slot means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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