Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Cooking
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-23
2001-03-13
Lazarus, Ira S. (Department: 3743)
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Cooking
C126S00900B, C126S154000, C099S450000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06199546
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to that of a fire starting apparatus, and more particularly relates to that of an adjustable screened grill that is attachable to a underside of a fireplace grate.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
U.S. Pat. No. 5,575,275, issued to Gazaille, discloses a firelog burner tray for burning a firelog over ground which includes a flat horizontal base plate, an elongated heat reflector, and a number of forwardly extending ribs.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,076,253, issued to Lindstro, discloses a burner which is intended for combustion of wood logs or other similar solid fuels. The burner comprises a bottom plate and a backing plate, which are both inclined towards the horizontal plane, with the two plates containing holes for air.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,955,362, issued to Underdown, discloses a product for use with a fireplace grate comprising a sheet of metal, with the sheet bent upward at its long edges or otherwise formed so that the upper facer thereof when laid flat on a grate is concave.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,682,158, issued to Thomas, discloses a T-shaped trough having a main part arranged to extend parallel with logs on the grate and in a position to produce a flame in the draft space between two spaced apart logs on the grate so that a flame from starter fuel in the trough will rise between the logs and start the burning.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,934,339, issued to Winberg, discloses an improvement in orchard heaters, with the improvement generating sufficient heat in orchards and vineyards to prevent frost from injuring or killing trees, vines or shrubs.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,451,195, issued to Bagley, discloses an invention which is a combined shovel, torch and match holder.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises two grills that slide in and out of a center support piece, with both of the grills attaching to the underside of a fireplace grate within a fireplace. Each grill of the present invention has a grill frame and a grill screen, with the grill frame fabricated in a rectangular shape and being fabricated from hollow circular metal tubing. Each grill has two ends, a first end and a second end, two surfaces, a top surface and a bottom surface, and two sides, a first side and a second side. Each grill has a grill screen which is spot-welded to the top surface of the grill frame of each grill. The first end of each grill frame is designed to be inserted into a center support. The second end of each grill frame has two adjustable hooks attached to the top surface of the grill frame, with the adjustable hooks allowing the present invention to be attached to the bottom of a fireplace grate with varying degrees of clearance. Each of the adjustable hooks can be fixed at one of several different height levels to allow various degrees of clearance between the top of the present invention and the bottom surface of the fireplace grate. The present invention allows a user to place fire-starter logs or kindling on top of the grill of the present invention between the bottom surface of a fireplace and the wood to be burned, providing an optimum method to start the main fire quickly and easily.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regard as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus which is of durable and reliable construction.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus which is economically affordable and available to the buying public.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus that is a grill surface in which to place kindling or fire starter logs.
It is still yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus in which the grill surface is adjustable and can be suspended from a fireplace grate within a fireplace.
It is further still yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus that is able to withstand high temperatures.
It is still yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus in which the grill surface is height-adjustable.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus that will allow a user to quickly, easily, and cleanly start a fire.
It is still yet another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fire starting apparatus that is easy to assemble and disassemble.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment when considered with the attached drawings and appended claims.
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Lazarus Ira S.
Lee David
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