| Title: |
Camp stove |
| Patent Number: |
4,920,950 |
| Publication Date: |
May 01, 1990 |
| Appl. No: |
07/301,016 |
| Application Filed: |
January 24, 1989 |
| Abstract: |
A collapsible camp stove having a frame supporting a grate therein for cooking meat or other food. A pair of end plates attached to the frame by hinges which allow pivotal movement of the end plates between a collapsed and erected position. A latching means locks the end plates in the collapsed or erected positions. The grate is of expanded metal to provide better gripping of the food items. The frame has a handle for convenient carrying of the camp stove when collapsed. The handle may be recessed flush with the frame when not in use. A removable cooking plate is provided which contains one or more apertures for exposing less than all of a pot or pan seated over the aperture or apertures to direct heat of the camp fire while reducing exposure of the cook or sides of the pots or pans from direct exposure to the camp fire. The bottom edges of the end plates opposite the hinges have crescent cutouts to provide four point footing for the camp stove. The frame is designed in conjunction with the teardrop hinge plates to collapse into a compact, flat carrier secured by the latching means with rounded ends for safe handling. The cooking plate, when not in use, may be set up as a wind break along one side of the camp stove. The cooking plate has a convenient handle which lies flush on the cooking plate when the cooking plate is in place over the grate for cooking. The cooking plate is seated on the grate for storage and is held by the end plates in the collapse position of the camp stove. |
| Inventors: |
Johnson, Jimmy D. (San Angelo, TX) |
| Claim: |
What is claimed is |
| Claim: |
1. A collapsible Camp Stove with adjustable height cooking surface comprising |
| Claim: |
a. A frame forming an opening extending therethrough over most of its interior and having a grate for supporting and exposing meat or other food to direct heat of a camp fire; |
| Claim: |
b. A pair of end plates having hinge plates at the upper ends thereof and hinged at opposed sides of said frame for pivotal movement between a collapsed position and at least one erected position, said end plates having cutouts at the unhinged bottom edges to form a four point footing; |
| Claim: |
c. A latch strap for each said end plate connected at one end to said frame and having a latch pin at an opposite end, said hinge plates having apertures adapted to be engaged by said latch pins to secure said end plates in the collapsed or erected positions; and |
| Claim: |
d. A handle attached to the frame adapted to recess flush against the frame for carrying the Camp Stove. |
| Claim: |
2. The Camp Stove in claim 1 wherein the hinge plates are teardrop shaped. |
| Claim: |
3. The Camp Stove of claim 1 wherein the grate is of expanded metal construction with a central brace underlying the grate and affixed within the frame. |
| Claim: |
4. The Camp Stove of claim 1 wherein said end plates have crescent cutouts. |
| Claim: |
5. The Camp Stove of claim 1 wherein said latch pin is adapted to engage said apertures in the erected position to provide a low level and a high level height setting. |
| Claim: |
6. A collapsible Camp Stove with adjustable height cooking surface comprising |
| Claim: |
c. A latch for each said end plate connected at one end to said frame and having a latch pin at an opposite end, said hinge plates having apertures adapted to be engaged by said latch pins to secure said end plates in the collapsed or erected positions; |
| Claim: |
d. A handle attached to the frame adapted to recess flush against the frame for carrying the Camp Stove; and |
| Claim: |
e. a cooking plate adapted to be placed on the grate to provide protection from direct heat of the camp fire, said cooking plate having apertures for exposing the bottoms of pots and pans to direct heat. |
| Claim: |
7. The Camp Stove in claim 6 wherein the hinge plates are teardrop shaped. |
| Claim: |
8. The Camp Stove of claim 6 wherein the grate is of expanded metal construction with a central brace underlying the grate and affixed within the frame. |
| Claim: |
9. The Camp Stove of claim 6 wherein said end plates have crescent cutouts. |
| Claim: |
10. The Camp Stove of claim 6 wherein said latch pin is adapted to engage said apertures in the erected position to provide a low level and a high level height setting. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
126/29; 126/9R; 126/154 |
| Current International Class: |
F24B 300 |
| Patent References Cited: |
2791959 May 1957 Pirz
4334516 June 1982 Dittmer et al. |
| Primary Examiner: |
Dority, Jr., Carroll B. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Peterson, Robert C. |
| Accession Number: |
edspgr.04920950 |
| Database: |
USPTO Patent Grants |
