Patent ID: 9700174
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A combustible charcoal igniting device, comprising: a plurality of first elongate grid members, wherein each of the first elongate grid members is generally parallel to one another when the device is in an uncollapsed configuration; a plurality of second elongate grid members, wherein each of the second elongate grid members is generally parallel to one another and the second elongate grid members are transverse relative to the first elongate grid members when the device is in the uncollapsed configuration, such that the first and second elongate grid members define a plurality of chimney cells on which a plurality of charcoal briquets may be placed for ignition; wherein the first and second elongate grid members comprise a combustible material that can be ignited and that will continue to burn, igniting charcoal briquets placed on the chimney cells; and wherein each of the first elongate grid members includes a first crease so that the first creases of each of the first elongate grid members align with one another so that the device is collapsible from opposed sides towards a crease line defined by the first creases, reducing a length of the charcoal igniting device when in a collapsed configuration.