US 12,629,694 B1Granted

Portable cooking system and apparatus for panning for gold

OwnerJames Scott Obenauerinventor

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Abstract

A portable cooking system and apparatus for panning gold including a base member with a V-shaped trough having two ledges and a supporting member disposed on each end; a fire box that fits within the V-shaped trough; a steamer basket that fits within the base member with ledges extending along the top sides of the steamer basket; a grill top that is configured to rest on top of the ledges of the steamer basket and/or base member; and a cover with a handles. The ledges of the steamer basket rest on top of the ledges of the base member. Rails on the cover are configured to slide underneath and around the ledges on the base member and steamer basket. A sluice bar is disposed on an inside wall of the fire box and comprises a plurality of horizontal slots arranged in offset rows with protrusions extending from the bottom edge.

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Dependent claims

A portable cooking system and apparatus for panning gold comprising:

(a) a base member having an open top, the base member comprised of a V-shaped trough having first and second longitudinal ends, the base member further comprised of supporting member disposed on each of the first and second longitudinal ends of the V-shaped trough;
(b) a fire box that is configured to fit within the V-shaped trough of the base member;
(c) a steamer basket that is configured to fit within the base member on top of the fire box, the steamer basket comprising two side walls, each of which has a top edge, and a ledge that extends outwardly from and along the top edge of each of the two side walls of the steamer basket;
(d) a grill top that is configured to rest on top of ledges of the steamer basket and/or ledges of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
and
(e) a cover having first and second ends and a handle disposed on each of the first and second ends of the cover;
wherein the V-shaped trough is comprised of two flat plates with bottom edges, and wherein the bottom edges of the two flat plates of the V-shaped trough meet to form a center line of the V-shaped trough;
wherein a ledge extends outwardly from and along a top edge of each of two side walls of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
and
wherein the ledges of the steamer basket are configured to rest on top of the ledges of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
wherein the cover is rectangular in shape and comprised of a flat top plate, two side walls, and two end walls;
wherein each of the two end walls of the cover comprises a handle;
wherein each of the two side walls of the cover has a top part and a bottom part with first and second ends;
wherein the first end of the bottom part of each side wall of the cover is rounded;
wherein a rail extends inwardly from a bottom edge of the bottom part of each side wall of the cover and is configured to engage slidably with the ledge of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
and
wherein the second end of the bottom part of each side wall of the cover is configured to abut up against one end of the ledge on the V-shaped trough of the base member.

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A portable cooking system and apparatus for panning gold comprising:

(a) a base member having an open top, the base member comprised of a V-shaped trough having first and second longitudinal ends, the base member further comprised of supporting member disposed on each of the first and second longitudinal ends of the V-shaped trough;
(b) a fire box that is configured to fit within the V-shaped trough of the base member;
(c) a steamer basket that is configured to fit within the base member on top of the fire box, the steamer basket comprising two side walls, each of which has a top edge, and a ledge that extends outwardly from and along the top edge of each of the two side walls of the steamer basket;
(d) a grill top that is configured to rest on top of ledges of the steamer basket and/or ledges of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
and
(e) a cover having first and second ends and a handle disposed on each of the first and second ends of the cover;
wherein the V-shaped trough is comprised of two flat plates with bottom edges, and wherein the bottom edges of the two flat plates of the V-shaped trough meet to form a center line of the V-shaped trough;
wherein a ledge extends outwardly from and along a top edge of each of two side walls of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
and
wherein the ledges of the steamer basket are configured to rest on top of the ledges of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
further comprising a sluice bar that is configured to fit along an inside surface of one of the two side walls of the V-shaped trough of the base member;
wherein the sluice bar comprises a lip along a top edge of the sluice bar, the lip being configured to rest on top of the ledge along one of the two side walls of the V-shaped trough of the base member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.