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US 5,025,715 AGranted
Cooking apparatus
OwnerJohn Sirinventor
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A tripod stand structured for supporting food holding equipment over a fire pan containing a fire, or an open campfire. The tripod has three support legs, each formed of a plurality of separable sections which snap together. The upper portion of each leg is hingedly affixed to a central collar. The central collar further defines a central bore structured for retaining a vertically oriented center rigid shaft. The lower end of the center rigid shaft is structured for releasably supporting one of several food holding accessories such as a grill, a battery powered rotisserie or a shish kebob apparatus over the fire. The central collar allows the center rigid shaft to be removed or variably adjusted in height over a wide range. Temporary stationary affixment of the center rigid shaft within the central collar is made with the use of a threadably engaged L-shaped handle, one end of which extends through a threaded bore in the sidewall of the central collar. With the center rigid shaft removed from the central collar, a vertical slot within the sidewall of the collar is exposed for releasably and adjustably retaining one end of a length of chain. The distal end of the chain is affixed with a hook for suspending a cooking pot. The tripod stand and food holding equipment can be easily disassembled and stored within the provided fire pan, which in turn can then be stored within a handled fabric carrying case.
In combination, a cooking apparatus for supporting food over a fire, comprising, at least three elongated support legs, one end of each of said support legs attached to a collar, each of said support legs extending angling outward from said collar with said angling providing widening spacing between each of said support legs, said collar further defining a main bore, said main bore containing a substantially rigid elongated shaft, said shaft vertically oriented and having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said shaft positioned generally centrally between said support legs, said shaft sized and shaped relative to said main bore to provide selectable vertical positioning of said shaft within said main bore, affixment means providing releasable stationary affixment of said shaft within said main bore, a food holding means attached to said lower end of said shaft, said food holding means vertically positionable by way of said selectable vertical positioning of said shaft within said main bore.
In combination, a cooking apparatus having means for supporting food over a dish shaped fire pan, said cooking apparatus further having means providing disassembly and storage thereof within said fire pan, said fire pan sized for storage within a handled carrying case, said fire pan when containing a disassembled cooking apparatus and stored within said handled carrying case being suitably light in weight to be carried by a human;
In combination, a cooking apparatus for supporting food over a fire, comprising, at least three elongated support legs, one end of each of said support legs attached to a central support member, each of said support legs extending angling outward from said central support member with said angling providing widening spacing between each of said support legs, said central support member further defining a main opening, said main opening containing a substantially rigid elongated shaft, said shaft vertically oriented and having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said shaft positioned generally centrally between said support legs, said shaft sized and shaped relative to said main opening to provide selectable vertical positioning of said shaft within said main opening, affixment means providing releasable stationary affixment of said shaft within said main opening, a food holding means attached to said lower end of said shaft, said food holding means vertically positionable by way of said selectable vertical positioning of said shaft within said main opening.
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