Camping range

• US 6,125,835 A
• Filed: 08/04/1998
• Issued: 10/03/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert A. Montano
• Original Assignee: Robert A. Montano
• Inventors: Montano, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cocks, Josiah C.
• Application Number:
  US09/129,024
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 126/9 R, 126/9 B, 126/29, 126/30, 126/38, 126/25 R, 126/275 R, 126/19 M, 126/4, 126/25 B, 220/4.26, 220/4.28, 220/4.33, 220/4.21, 220/4.27
• US Class Current: 126/9.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/205 collapsible
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/207 movable
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/928 Cooking stoves using biomass

Abstract

A collapsible camping range for use in a camping environment. The camping range can utilize a collapsible wall structure that facilitates portability. In addition, a multi-purpose cover to the camping range can be utilized to serve as a cover for the oven, a griddle for the cooking of food, a wash basin or basin for boiling water, and a receptacle in which the other parts of the camping range can be stowed. The camping range can be fabricated with oven walls that allow the oven chamber to be expanded for the cooking of large foods, such as for use as a pig roaster. Removable fuel containers can be utilized to facilitate the portability of the camping range as well as in a plurality of positions for heating purposes.

Claims

1. A camping range comprising:

a wall structure;

an oven chamber within the wall structure having an enclosed volume suitable for the cooking of food;

a multi-purpose cover adapted for placement proximate to the wall structure;

wherein the cover is configured to serve as a griddle in a upright position and as a basin for liquids in an upside down position; and

at least one triangular corner fuel container, the fuel container suitable for placement in the oven chamber.

2. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the cover is removable.

3. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure is collapsible.

4. The camping range as described in claim 1 and further comprising depressions proximate to the griddle configured so as to act as a collector of fluid flowing from the griddle.

5. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure defines at least a portion of the boundary of the oven chamber.

6. The camping range as described in claim 1 or 3 wherein the cover is configured to serve as a wash basin.

7. The camping range as described in claim 1 or 3 wherein the cover is removable and wherein the removable cover is configured to serve as a storage receptacle for at least the wall structure of the camping range.

8. The camping range as described in claim 7 wherein the removable cover is configured to store all of the pieces of the camping range.

9. The camping range as described in claim 7 wherein the removable cover is configured to serve as a wash basin.

10. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the fuel container is removable from the oven chamber and wherein the fuel container is configured for orienting in a vertical position in the oven chamber to serve as a source of heat for the oven chamber and wherein the fuel container is configured for orienting in a horizontal position in the oven chamber to serve as a source of heat for the griddle.

11. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the oven chamber is configured to act as a pig roaster.

12. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure comprises wall sections.

13. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure provides a base for a second wall structure so as to increase the volume of the oven chamber.

14. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure is configured to allow a ground surface to define an internal surface of the oven chamber.

15. The camping range as described in claim 1 wherein the wall structure comprises side walls and wherein the side walls are insulated.

16. A method of constructing an oven comprising:

providing a wall structure for the oven;

establishing an oven chamber within the wall structure;

providing a multi-purpose cover adapted for covering an opening defined by the wall structure;

providing for a griddle by use of the cover in a upright position;

providing for a basin for liquids by use of the cover in an upside down position; and

providing at least one charcoal heating post configured for positioning in both a vertical and a horizontal orientation within the oven chamber.

17. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising providing a removable cover.

18. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising providing a collapsible wall structure for the oven.

19. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising providing depressions in the cover configured to collect fluid flowing from the griddle.

20. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising utilizing the wall structure to define a portion of the oven chamber.

21. The method as described in claim 16 or 18 and further comprising utilizing the cover to serve as a wash basin.

22. The method as described in claim 16 or 18 and further comprising utilizing the cover to serve as a storage receptacle.

23. The method as described in claim 22 and further comprising sizing the cover so that all of the pieces of the oven fit in the storage container.

24. The method as described in claim 22 and further comprising configuring the removable cover to serve as a wash basin.

25. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising providing a wall structure having wall sections.

26. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising providing the wall structure so as to support a second wall structure.

27. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising configuring the wall structure so that a ground surface defines an internal surface of the oven chamber when the wall structure is placed on the ground surface.

28. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising utilizing insulation to insulate the wall structure so as to retain heat within the oven chamber.

29. A method of constructing an oven comprising:

providing a wall structure for the oven;

establishing an oven chamber within the wall structure;

providing a multi-purpose cover adapted for covering an opening defined by the wall structure;

providing for a griddle by use of the cover in a upright position;

providing for a basin for liquids by use of the cover in an upside down position; and

providing at least one charcoal heating post configured for orienting in a vertical position in the oven chamber to serve as a source of heat for the oven chamber and configured for orienting in a horizontal position in the oven chamber to serve as a source of heat for a griddle.

30. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising providing a removable cover.

31. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising providing a collapsible wall structure for the oven.

32. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising providing depressions in the cover configured to collect fluid flowing from the griddle.

33. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising utilizing the wall structure to define a portion of the oven chamber.

34. The method as described in claim 29 or 31 and further comprising utilizing the cover to serve as a wash basin.

35. The method as described in claim 29 or 31 and further comprising utilizing the cover to serve as a storage receptacle.

36. The method as described in claim 35 and further comprising sizing the cover so that all of the pieces of the oven fit in the storage container.

37. The method as described in claim 35 and further comprising configuring the removable cover to serve as a wash basin.

38. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising providing a wall structure having wall sections.

39. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising providing the wall structure so as to support a second wall structure.

40. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising configuring the wall structure so that a ground surface defines an internal surface of the oven chamber when the wall structure is placed on the ground surface.

41. The method as described in claim 29 and further comprising utilizing insulation to insulate the wall structure so as to retain heat within the oven chamber.