Portable fire pit

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and enclosing on four sides cubicle space within which flammable fuel may be disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left and right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said side wall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another, and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) said front and rear side wall metallic panels including mutually reaching mounting flanges on their top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
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• f) handles are mounted on the top mounting flanges of said front and rear side wall panels.

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and encasing on four sides a cubicle space within which flammable fuel may be disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left and right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said side wall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) said front and rear side wall metallic panels including mutually reaching mounting flanges on their top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
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• f) a plurality of housing support leg structures mounted on said bottom mounting flanges of said front and rear side wall panels.

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and enclosing on four sides a cubicle space within which flammable fuel may be disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left an right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said side wall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) means are provided supported on at least said front and rear metallic wall panels when in extended position for catching and retaining ashes from expended fuel;
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• f) said means for catching and retaining ashes comprises a quadrilateral pan including a metallic bottom plate circumscribed by an integral perpendicular flange, and a metal heat deflector assembly detachably mounted on said metallic bottom plate spaced from said circumscribing integral perpendicular flange.

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and enclosing an four sides a cubicle space within which flammable fuel may be disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left and right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said side wall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) an ash catching and retention pan pivotally mounted on the lower edge portion of one of said front or rear metallic wall panels and selectively deployable between an extended position of use in which said ash pan lies perpendicular to said side walls and a retracted position for storage in which said ash pan lies parallel to the side wall on which it is pivotally mounted;
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• f) said ash catching and retention pan including a quadrilateral metallic bottom plate circumscribed by an integral perpendicular flange, and a metallic heat deflector assembly detachably mounted on said metallic bottom plate spaced from said circumscribing integral perpendicular flange.

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and enclosing an four sides a cubicle space within which flammable fuel may he disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left and right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said sidewall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) means provided supported on at least said front and rear metallic wall panels when in extended position for catching and retaining ashes from expended flammable fuel;
• f) a metallic heat deflector assembly detachably mounted on said means for catching and retaining ashes;
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• g) said metallic heat deflector assembly comprising a first pair of generally rectangular plates spaced apart and mounted adjacent said front and rear side metallic panels, and a second pair of generally rectangular plates spaced apart and mounted adjacent said left and right side wall panels, the plates of said second pair perpendicularly and detachably interlocking with the first pair to form a rectangular box-like receptacle spaced from the associated side walls of said housing to provide an air gap therebetween.

A portable collapsible fire pit amenable to portability and storage in collapsed condition and susceptible to selective extension for use in a selected location as either a fire pit or a barbecue grill, comprising:

• a) a four-sided housing having front, rear, left and right side walls selectively defining and enclosing on four sides a cubicle space within which flammable fuel may be disposed and ignited to generate flames;
• b) two of said four side walls of the housing comprising unitary quadrilateral front and rear parallel metallic panels confronting one another and having top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
• c) the remaining left and right side walls each comprising a pair of quadrilateral metallic side wall panel portions pivotally connected to one another and selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said side wall panel portions of each pair are parallel to one another and an extended condition in which said side wall panel portions lie in a common plane, corresponding side wall portions of each said pair thereof pivotally connected to said left and right edge portions of said confronting front and rear metallic panels;
• d) whereby said first mentioned front and rear metallic wall panels may be selectively movable between a collapsed condition in which said front and rear parallel metallic panels and said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portion lie in relatively close parallel juxtaposition, and an extended condition in which said front and rear parallel panels lie spaced apart a distance correlated to the extended width of said pairs of pivotally connected side wall panel portions each of which in extended condition lie perpendicular to said front and rear wall panels;
• e) front and rear side wall metallic panels including mutually reaching mounting flanges on their top, bottom, left and right edge portions;
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• f) means interposed between said means for catching and retaining ashes and said mutually reaching bottom mounting flanges for retaining said means for catching and retaining ashes against relative movement in relation to at least front and rear side wall panels to thus rigidify the housing.