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US 6,354,288 B1Granted
Portable fireplace
OwnerTimothy W. McDonaldinventor
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Abstract
A portable fireplace having an inner housing defined by an inner housing wall and forming a flame pit, an outer housing having an outer housing wall, the outer housing and the inner housing being interconnected to one another, the outer housing being in surrounding relationship to the inner housing, at least the majority of the walls of the inner and outer housings being spaced from one another to provide an insulation space and a support disposed in the flame pit for supporting a flame presentation substance.
Claims19
A portable fireplace, comprising:
- an inner, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending inner housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface and defining a flame pit, at least a portion of said flame pit being open from said upper end of said housing to said lower end of said housing whereby air can be drawn through said flame pit;
- an outer, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending outer housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, said outer housing being in surrounding relationship to said inner housing, the majority of said outer wall surface of said inner housing wall being spaced from said inner wall surface of said outer housing wall;
- a laterally projecting, peripherally extending flange being attached to the upper end of at least one of said inner housing or said outer housing, wherein if said flange is attached to the upper end of said outer housing, said flange projects toward said inner housing, and if said flange is attached to the upper end of said inner housing, said flange projects toward said outer housing;
- a decorative veneer carried by said flange, and
- a support disposed in said flame pit for supporting a flame presentation substance.
2 more elements
A portable fireplace, comprising:
- an inner, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending inner housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface and defining a flame pit, at least a portion of said flame pit being open from said upper end of said housing to said lower end of said housing whereby air can be drawn through said flame pit;
- an outer, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending outer housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, said outer housing being in surrounding relationship to said inner housing, the majority of said outer wall surface of said inner housing wall being spaced from said inner wall surface of said outer housing wall;
- said upper end of said inner housing having a laterally outwardly projecting, peripherally extending first flange and said upper end of said outer housing having a laterally inwardly projecting, peripherally extending second flange, said first and second flanges forming support surfaces;
- a decorative motif carried by at least one of said support surfaces;
- and
- a support disposed in said flame pit for supporting a flame presentation substance.
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A portable fireplace, comprising:
- an inner, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending inner housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface and defining a flame pit, at least a portion of said flame pit being open from said upper end of said housing to said lower end of said housing whereby air can be drawn through said flame pit;
- an outer, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending outer housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, said outer housing being in surrounding relationship to said inner housing, the majority of said outer wall surface of said inner housing wall being spaced from said inner wall surface of said outer housing wall;
- and
- a support disposed in said flame pit for supporting a flame presentation substance, said support comprising a freestanding structure.
1 more element
A portable fireplace, comprising;
- an inner, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending inner housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface and defining a flame pit, at least a portion of said flame pit being open from said upper end of said housing to said lower end of said housing whereby air can be drawn through said flame pit;
- an outer, metallic housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a peripherally extending outer housing wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, said outer housing being in surrounding relationship to said inner housing, the majority of said outer wall surface of said inner housing wall being spaced from said inner wall surface of said outer housing wall,
- said outer housing being removably interconnected to said inner housing, said outer housing wall carrying a decorative motif;
- and support disposed in said flame pit for supporting a flame presentation substance.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.