Collapsible picnic cook-stove

Abstract

A collapsible picnic cook-stove comprising, in combination with a disposable pan-shaped fuel holding member for burning fuel, a first ring-shaped support defining an opening and to which are pivotally connected three or more circumferentially spaced legs. The legs function in an extended position to support the cook-stove in spaced relation to the surface on which the cook-stove is to be used and in a collapsed position lie substantially parallel with the plane of the opening and radially inwards of said first ring-shaped support. A comestible support is pivotally connected to the first ring-shaped support to overlie in one position the opening for cooking. A second ring-shaped support is constructed and arranged to receive and support the fuel holding member in suspension below the opening of the first ring-shaped support by three or more flexible chains. The first and second ring-shaped supports are dimensioned so that the second ring-shaped support nests within the first ring-shaped support when the fuel holding member is removed from engagement with the second ring-shaped support and the first and second ring-shaped supports are moved relative to each other.

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