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US 9,038,620 B2Granted
Convertible mobile fire pit and cooker assembly
OwnerLawrence Stephen Browninventor
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Abstract
A multi-sided, portable outdoor fireplace convertible to an open grill, a rotisserie assembly, and a smoker assembly, the fireplace includes a carriage assembly with a pair of rotatable wheels and at least one leg member; a base pan assembly for containing a solid fuel heat source affixed to the carriage assembly; and a removable screen assembly residing on top of the base pan assembly. When converted to an open grill, the fireplace further includes a grill bracket removably attachable to the screen assembly. When converted to a smoker, the fireplace, in one embodiment, further includes at least one heat/wind shield attachable to the screen assembly; a smoker adaptor body residing on the screen assembly; an adjustable grate support bracket affixed to the interior of the smoker body and a cover.
Claims39
A portable outdoor fire-containment assembly comprising:
- a. a carriage assembly having a pair of rotatable wheels and at least one leg member;
- b. a base pan assembly comprising a bottom affixed to said carriage assembly;
- side members projecting upward from said bottom to define a space for supporting and burning a solid combustible fuel source, and a first mating flange attached to an upper portion of said side members, said first mating flange having a first slot;
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- c. a screen assembly removably positioned onto and supported by said base pan assembly, said screen assembly comprising:
- i) a plurality of screen panel members, said screen panel members having at least one bottom tab means for engaging said first slot in said first mating flange;
- ii) at least one door panel member having a first portion of a hinge means affixed to an adjacent screen panel member and a second portion affixed to said door panel member, and a latching means oppositely disposed from said hinge means;
- iii) a plurality of vertically-oriented exterior panel connectors affixed to and joining adjacent screen panel members together and holding said screen assembly in an upright position;
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- iv) a plurality vertically-oriented interior panel connector affixed to and joining adjacent screen panel members together, wherein said interior panel connector includes a plurality of first pin means and first elevation adjustment slots.
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A portable outdoor fire-containment and cooking assembly having from 3 to 20 sides comprising:
- a. a carriage assembly having a pair of rotatable wheels and at least one leg member;
- b. a base pan assembly comprising:
- a bottom affixed to said carriage assembly;
- side members projecting upward from said bottom to define a space for supporting and burning a solid combustible fuel source;
- and a first mating flange affixed to a top portion of said side members, said first mating flange having on at least one side a first slot and a vertical alignment member extending upwardly;
- c. a screen assembly removably positioned on said base pan assembly, said screen assembly comprising:
- i) a plurality of screen panel members, said screen panel members comprising a screen member attached to a frame member and wherein at least one screen frame member has at least one bottom tab means for engaging said first slot in said first mating flange;
- ii) at least one door panel member having a hinge means affixed to an adjacent screen panel member and a latching means oppositely disposed from said hinge means;
- iii) a plurality of vertically-oriented first exterior panel connector affixed to and joining adjacent screen panel members together and holding said screen assembly in an upright position;
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- iv) a plurality of vertically-oriented first interior panel connectors affixed to and joining adjacent screen panel members together, wherein said interior panel connector includes a pair of first pin means and a plurality of vertically-oriented first elevation adjustment slots;
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- d. a top or cover adapted to be removably affixed to said screen assembly.
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A portable outdoor smoker assembly having from 3 to 20 vertically-oriented sides comprising:
- a. a carriage assembly having a pair of rotatable wheels and at least one leg member;
- b. a base pan assembly having a bottom affixed to said carriage assembly and side members projecting upward from said bottom to define a space for supporting and burning a solid combustible fuel source, and a first mating flange affixed to said side members, said first mating flange having a first slot;
- c. a smoker body assembly removably engaging said first mating flange, said smoker body comprising:
- i) a plurality of smoker panel members, each smoker panel member having a surface area wherein less than about 20 percent of said surface is open, each smoker panel member having a top portion, a bottom portion, and spaced apart lateral side portions, wherein at least one smoker panel member includes a tab means on said bottom portion;
- ii) a plurality of vertically-oriented exterior panel connectors affixed to and joining adjacent smoker panel members together and holding said smoker body assembly in an upright position;
- iii) a plurality of vertically-oriented interior panel connectors affixed to and joining adjacent screen panel members together, wherein said interior panel connector includes a plurality of vertically-oriented elevation adjustment slots;
- iv) at least one door panel assembly comprising:
- a door panel member;
- a door frame member affixed to at least one of said interior and said exterior panel connectors adjoining an adjacent smoker panel member, said door frame member having spaced-apart first and second lateral side portions, said door frame member circumferentially surrounding said door member;
- a hinge means having a first portion affixed to a first side portion of said door panel member and a second portion affixed to a first lateral side portion of said door frame member, said hinge means allowing said door panel member to swing outwardly;
- and a latching means disposed on said second lateral side of said door frame member and movably affixed to said door panel member;
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- v) a handle means affixed to at least one of said smoker panel members for lifting and adjusting said smoker body assembly on said screen panel assembly;
- d. a plurality of a cooking grate adaptor brackets, wherein each cooking grate adaptor bracket adjustably and removably engages said vertically-oriented elevation adjustment slots in said interior panel connectors;
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- e. a top or cover adapted to be removably affixed to said smoker body assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.