Artificial fire log
AssigneeConros Corporation
InventorKapoor Chandaria
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Abstract
A fire log formed with a groove in a bottom rear corner thereof. The groove is formed at a right angle and provides a protruding edge or lipped surface onto which the flame can latch and ignite the fire log. A generally V-shaped channel is formed in a front surface of the fire log by an arcuate upper section and a curved lower section. The outer wrapper forms a flap or wick which is used to ignite the fire log. The fire log is lit at the protruding edge formed by the groove and initially burns at opposed ends thereof. Flame gradually creeps inward along the rear and top surface, then gradually creeps down the front surface resulting in complete ignition of the fire log.
Claims23
An artificial fire log comprising:
- an elongated flammable body formed of compressed particulate material and a binder, said body having a pair of opposed end surfaces, a rear surface, a substantially flat bottom surface, a top surface and a front surface, said front surface having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a groove formed in a corner of the body between the bottom surface and one of the front and rear surfaces;
- said groove being substantially empty and free of material.
An artificial fire log comprising:
- an elongated flammable body formed of compressed particulate material and a binder, said body having a pair of opposed end surfaces, a rear surface, a bottom surface, a top surface, and a front surface, said front surface having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a groove formed in a corner of said body between said bottom surface and one of said front and rear surfaces;
- said groove forming a protruding edge;
- said upper portion of said front surface being generally arcuate-shaped;
- said lower portion of said front surface being curved;
- a channel formed in said front surface between said upper and lower portions;
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- said channel having upper and lower curved surfaces formed by the upper and lower portions, respectively, of the front surface.
A method of igniting an artificial fire log enclosed in a protective outer wrapper, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a fire log having a rear surface, a front surface, a bottom surface, and a groove formed between said bottom surface and one of said front and rear surfaces, with said groove being substantially empty and free of material;
- igniting a flap of the protective outer wrapper;
- burning a bottom portion of the wrapper to a bottom rear corner of the fire log;
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- igniting a protruding edge adjacent a groove formed in the bottom corner of the fire log.
An artificial fire log comprising:
- an elongated flammable body formed of compressed particulate material and a binder, said body having a pair of opposed end surfaces, a rear surface, a substantially flat bottom surface, a top surface and a front surface, said front surface having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- said upper portion of said front surface having an arcuate configuration;
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- said lower portion of said front surface having a curved profile discontinuous from the curved profile of the upper portion whereby the upper portion of the front surface and the lower portion of the front surface are positioned adjacent one another along a channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.