Firestarter device
OwnerScott J. Swansoninventor
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Abstract
A firestarter includes an integral block of wood of six sides. A slat and groove portion extends from an outermost bottom surface of a bottom side towards a top wall of the top side. The slat and groove portion includes a plurality of slats and a plurality of grooves. Each slat of the plurality of slats has a slat width and each groove of the plurality of grooves has a groove width. The slat width and the groove width are the same. The plurality of grooves extend through the front side, the back side and the bottom side and the plurality of grooves do not extend through the first side, the second side, and the top side.
Claims22
A firestarter comprising:
- an integral block of wood of six sides comprising:
- a top side opposite a bottom side;
- a first side opposite a second side, the first side and the second side extending between the top side and the bottom side;
- a front side opposite a back side, the front side and the back side each extending between the first side and the second side and between the top side and the bottom side;
- a slat and groove portion extending from an outermost bottom surface of the bottom side towards a top wall of the top side;
- the slat and groove portion including a plurality of slats and a plurality of grooves;
- wherein each slat of the plurality of slats has a slat width and each groove of the plurality of grooves has a groove width, the slat width and the groove width are the same;
- wherein the plurality of grooves extend through the front side, the back side and the bottom side and the plurality of grooves do not extend through the first side, the second side and the top side;
- wherein the top wall extends between a top surface of the top side and a concave surface located between the top side and the bottom side, the concave surface is a top wall bottom surface, each groove of the plurality of grooves extending from the top wall bottom surface to the outermost bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.