Fire pit cover
OwnerBrian William DePaulinventor
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Abstract
A cover particularly adapted to extend over outdoor recreational fire pits when not in use includes a circular perforated center plate. Attached to an outer edge of this center plate is an angle-shaped rim having a downward extending vertical flange. Then, attached to a bottom side of the center plate is a centering ring. For use, a pair of spaced apart handles attached to a top side of the center plate may be used to remove the cover so that a fire may be built in the pit and then used to replaced the cover after pit use. In this latter case, the cover is positioned over the pit so that the centering ring extends into the pit next to a vertical sidewall of the pit. Any inadvertent cover movement is inhibited by an interference fit between the cover ring and the pit sidewall.
Claims5
A fire pit cover comprising:
- a center plate having openings that allow air to flow into a fire pit with said cover in place over said pit,
- a downward extending rim immovably attached to a peripheral edge of said center plate, said rim having a downward extending bottom edge prepared to seat on a ledge of said fire pit and position said center plate above said ledge,
- centering means immovably attached to said center plate inward from said rim and extending below a bottom side of said center plate, said means having an outer side prepared to fit loosely next to a wall of said fire pit and form an interference fit with said pit wall to inhibit inadvertent lateral movement of said cover when said cover is in place over said pit, and
- handle means carried by said cover to facilitate movement of said cover,
- wherein using said handle means, said cover may be readily removed from said fire pit or positioned over said fire pit.
A fire pit cover particularly adapted to extend over a fire pit when said pit is not in use, said cover comprising:
- a circular center plate made of a light weight perforated-like material,
- an angle-shaped rim connecting with a peripheral edge of said center plate, said rim defined by a horizontal flange having a bottom surface joined to a top side of said center plate and a vertical flange having a bottom edge prepared to engage a top surface of a ledge of said fire pit to hold said center plate above said ledge,
- a centering and reinforcing ring immovably attached to a bottom side of said center plate and inwardly offset from said rim, said ring having an outer side prepared to fit loosely next to a sidewall of a chamber of said fire pit and a bottom edge to extend below said ledge top surface as said rim vertical flange bottom edge engages said pit ledge, and
- a pair of spaced apart handles attached to said cover proximate said cover rim,
- wherein, with said cover in place over said fire pit, said centering ring forms a non directional interference fit with said pit sidewall to inhibit an inadvertent lateral uncovering movement of said cover as said rim vertical flange bottom edge minimally engages said pit ledge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.