Patent ID: 9707424
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A62C,G09B

Claim:
1. A portable firefighting training unit comprising a metal container with a combustible liner, said metal container having an outer wall, a bottom wall and a lid, said outer wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, said bottom edge joined to the bottom wall to define an open cavity, said outer wall having an access opening along the bottom wall and a peripheral flange positioned above the access opening and below the top edge, said lid having a top panel with a skirt, said skirt having an inner perimeter and an outer inner perimeter; and, said combustible liner having a plurality of side panels, a bottom panel and a top panel, said bottom panel fitted inside the outer wall of the metal container and resting on the bottom wall of the metal container, said side panels having an upper edge and a lower edge, said lower edge of the side panels resting on the bottom panel, said side panels butted together against the outer wall of the metal container, one of said side panels having an opening in registry with the access opening in the outer wall of the metal container, said upper edge of the side panels extending above the top edge of the outer wall of the metal container, said top panel of the combustible liner resting on the upper edge of the side panels, said combustible liner fitted inside the inner perimeter of the skirt of the lid and said outer wall of the metal container fitted inside the outer inner perimeter of the skirt with a lower edge of the skirt resting on the peripheral flange of the outer wall, whereby an air pathway to the combustible liner is blocked other than through the access opening in the outer wall of the metal container.