Fire-starting material
AssigneeIsaiah W. Price
InventorsIsaiah W. Price, Joshua L Erickson
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Abstract
A fire-starting material is disclosed. The fire-starting material may include metal powder, fibers, oxidizers, other powdered fuels, and a binder. The binder may be a hydrocarbon or a combination of hydrocarbons made up of molecules with about 10 to about 80 carbon atoms. The binder may hold the metal powder and the fibers in suspension. Additionally, the binder (and hence the fire-starting material overall) may be manually pliable between about −5 and about 50 degrees Celsius. To use the fire-starting material, a user may manually deform the fire-starting material to tear off a piece thereof. The piece may be applied to a fuel source and lit on fire.
Claims20
A fire-starting material comprising:
- metal powder forming about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of the fire-starting material;
- fibers;
- a binder comprising a hydrocarbon or a combination of hydrocarbons made up of molecules with about 10 to about 80 carbon atoms;
- and
- the binder holding the metal powder and the fibers in suspension and being manually pliable between about −5 and about 50 degrees Celsius.
A method for starting a fire, the method comprising:
- obtaining a fire-starting material comprising
- metal powder,
- fibers,
- a binder comprising paraffin forming about 4 to about 15 percent by weight of the fire-starting material, and
- the binder holding the metal powder and the fibers in suspension and being manually pliable between about −5 and about 50 degrees Celsius;
- manually deforming the fire-starting material;
- tearing off, during the deforming, a portion of the fire-starting material;
- applying the portion to a fuel source;
- and
- lighting the portion on fire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.