Directional fire-starting system, method, and device
OwnerDarrell Hollandinventor
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Abstract
A system for starting a fire, that has a directional fire-starting device, having a front and a back, and a tube-shaped housing, defining a longitudinal dimension and further defining a slot extending longitudinally along the tube-shaped housing, the slot having a front end near to the front of the device. A flint is positioned inside the flint chamber and has a surface portion that extends adjacent to the slot. A striker has a first portion that is sized to fit through the slot and extend to the flint as a second portion extends from the slot outwardly from the tube-shaped housing, to be grasped by a user.
Claims12
A directional fire-starting device, having a front and a back, comprising:
- a. a tube-shaped housing, defining a longitudinal dimension and further defining a slot extending longitudinally along the tube-shaped housing, the slot having a front end positioned near the front of the device, the tube-shaped housing further defining a flint chamber, having an open end at the front of the device;
- b. a flint positioned inside the flint chamber, and separated by void space from the tube-shaped housing, and having a surface portion that extends adjacent to, and is thereby transversely accessible through, substantially the entirety of the slot;
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- c. a striker having a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion is sized to fit through the slot and extend to the flint as the second portion extends from the slot outwardly from the tube-shaped housing;
- d. whereby a user may hold the striker by the second portion, extend the first portion through the slot at the back of the slot, and push the striker against the flint material as the striker is rapidly moved from the back to the front of the slot, thereby causing sparks to fly out of the flint chamber open end at the front of the device.
A method of starting a fire, comprising:
- a. providing a directional fire-starting device, comprising:
- (i) a tube-shaped housing, defining a longitudinal dimension and further defining a slot extending longitudinally along the tube-shaped housing, the slot having a front end positioned near the front of the device, the tube-shaped housing further defining a flint chamber, having an open end at the front of the device;
- (ii) a flint positioned inside the flint chamber, and separated by void space from the tube-shaped housing, and having a surface portion that extends adjacent to, and is thereby transversely accessible through, substantially the entirety of the slot;
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- (iii) a striker;
- b. providing a combustible tinder material;
- c. holding the striker and extending a portion of the striker through the slot, at the back of the slot;
- e. pushing the striker against the flint and moving the striker rapidly from the back to the front of the slot to generate sparks from the flint chamber open end at the front of the device;
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- g. directing the sparks from the flint chamber open end towards the combustible tinder material, thereby starting a fire from the contact between the sparks and the combustible tinder material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.