Collapsible portable branding stove

Abstract

A branding iron stove comprises a body having an upright longitudinal extent so as to provide an elongated upright heating compartment closed by upper and lower ends. The body has an elongated upright opening therethrough for providing access to the heating compartment. A first branding iron support is attached to the body and provides a first plurality of vertically spaced-apart locations for receiving and holding a plurality of branding iron rods, the first plurality of spaced-apart locations being disposed outwardly away from the body. A second branding iron support is attached to the body and provides a second plurality of spaced-apart locations disposed adjacent to the opening for receiving and holding a plurality of branding iron rods. The first and second spaced-apart locations are cooperatively constructed and arranged to receive and hold the plurality of branding irons in a vertical array of generally horizontal positions. The first and second branding iron supports are disposed relative to the opening so that branding irons placed in spaced-apart locations will be located adjacent to a first upright side of the opening.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.