Convertible cooking unit
AssigneePyromid, Inc.
InventorPaul W. Hait
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Abstract
A cooking unit includes a truncated pyramidal firebox and a similar support member that are disposed in interlocked relation, and accessories such as grills, and cover members that are adapted to be arranged in several modes to provide different cooking arrangements and to enclose all the members in a compact form for storage or transporting.
Claims14
A cooking unit comprising an open-ended support member of truncated pyramidal configuration, an open-ended firebox of truncated pyramidal configuration disposed in axial alignment with said support member and having the smaller end of said firebox projecting through the opening in the smaller end of said support member, at times said support member is inverted and is positionable over said firebox with the smaller end of said firebox projecting through the opening in the smaller end of said support member, said support member and said firebox being formed with a larger end, said support member and said firebox being of a configuration and dimensions for overlapping support, and a grill positionable over the larger upper end of said support member when the unit is oriented with said support member above said firebox, and said grill being positionable over the larger upper end of said firebox when the unit is oriented with said firebox disposed above said support member, said support member comprising panels having trapezoidal configurations and adjacent, non-parallel edges of said panels being hingedly connected for folding and extending said support member, and wherein said firebox comprises panels having trapezoidal configurations and adjacent, non-parallel edges of said panels of said firebox being hingedly connected for folding and extending said firebox.
A cooking unit comprising a firebox of truncated pyramidal configuration, and a support member of truncated pyramidal configuration having an opening at its smaller end, said support member being adapted to be disposed in inverted position over said firebox with the smaller end of said firebox projecting through the opening at the smaller end of said support member, with the walls of said firebox enclosed by said support member cooperating with said support member to define an oven extending around the enclosed walls of said firebox and heated by heat radiating therefrom, said support having trapezoidal configurations and adjacent non-parallel edges of said panels being hingedly connected for folding and extending said support member, and wherein said firebox comprises panels having trapezoidal configurations and adjacent, non-parallel edges of said panels of said firebox being hingedly connected for folding and extending said firebox.
A cooking unit comprising:
- (a) a first hollow open-ended member having a truncated pyramidal configuration, and having a smaller open end, said first member comprising a plurality of first panels, each of said first panels having a trapezoidal configuration;
- (b) a second hollow open-ended member having an inverted truncated pyramidal configuration and having a smaller open end, said second member comprising a plurality of second panels, each of said second panels having a trapezoidal configuration, said second member being disposed above said first member and in axial alignment therewith, said smaller open ends of said first member and said second member being disposed in overlapping relation;
- (c) first hinge means hingedly connecting adjacent non-parallel edges of said first panels of said first member for folding and extending said first member;
- (d) second hinge means hingedly connected adjacent non-parallel edges of said second panels of said second member for folding and extending said second member;
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- (e) a cooking grill supported by said second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.