Charcoal briquet lighter
OwnerRobert D. Frazier, Dale E. Duncaninventors
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Abstract
An upright container for the quick light starting of charcoal briquets placed therein. The charcoal briquet holding container that may be filled as much as half way or some more is placed over a bottom metal container containing a crumpled sheet or two of paper. Side openings in the bottom metal container and bottom openings, that are substantially smaller than charcoal briquets, in the bottom plate of the open topped upright container provide for efficient updraft of air and flame from the paper after it is ignited through one of the side openings and efficient burn start ignition of the charcoal briquets.
Claims10
In a charcoal briquet ligher useful for quick efficient lighting of charcoal briquets in the lighter with the burning briquets then dumped in a broiler for use in broiling food:
- an open topped upright container, of substantially uniform transverse plane cross-section from top to bottom, having an exterior handle and bottom retaining means with a plurality of openings generally materially smaller than charcoal briquet size;
- base container means of similar, but slightly smaller, cross-section in the form of a container for ignition starting material having a bottom plate, side breather opening means, and an open top;
- wherein said base container means is formed with an upper peripheral edge defining said open top;
- said upper peripheral edge is shaped to be a base support for said open topped upright container upon which said upright container is placeable and from which the upright container is removable;
- wherein said bottom retaining means is recessed upward from a bottom peripheral edge of said open topped upright container;
- and with said bottom peripheral edge the terminating end of a relatively short skirt section of said open topped upright container below said bottom retaining means;
- wherein the relatively short skirt section of said open topped upright container fits over and surrounds the upper peripheral edge of the base container means with said upper peripheral edge in contact with the bottom side of said bottom retaining means when the open topped upright container is in place supported by said base container means;
- and wherein said bottom plate is recessed upward from a bottom peripheral edge of said base container means to give some protection to the surface supporting the base container means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.