Patent ID: 6024085
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: F24B

Abstract:
A fireplace comprising:a first side wall having a first side wall top surface and a first side wall bottom surface, the first side wall formed of a plurality of sequentially stacked modular side blocks, each side block having a first horizontally extending side block surface, an opposed second horizontally extending side block surface, a side block proximal end, and an opposed block distal end, wherein the side block has a sideblock longitudinal length therebetween the side block proximal end and the side block distal end, and wherein the first side block surface of one modular side block is sized to complementarily engage the second side block surface of the adjacent modular side block;a second side wall having a second side wall top surface and a second side wall bottom surface, the second side wall formed of a sequentially stacked plurality of the modular side blocks, wherein said first side wall is spaced apart from and opposes said second side wall, and wherein said first side wall and said second side wall have a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the side block;a back wall having a back wall top surface and a back wall bottom surface, the backwall having a backwall longitudinal length therebetween the backwall top surface and the backwall bottom surface, the back wall formed of an upright first modular corner block, an upright second modular corner block, and at least one upright spacer block, the first modular corner block having a first corner block proximal surface, and an opposed first corner block distal surface, the second modular corner block having a second corner block proximal surface, and an opposed second corner block distal surface, the spacer block having a spacer block proximal surface, and an opposed spacer block distal surface, wherein each of the first corner block, the second corner block, and the spacer block have a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the backwall, wherein the first corner block distal surface is sized to complementarily engage the spacer block proximal surface of the spacer block and the second corner block proximal surface is sized to complementarily engage the spacer block distal surface of the spacer block so that the first corner block and the second corner block are contiguous with the spacer block, wherein the first corner block proximal surface is sized to complementarily engage the side block distal end of the side blocks of the first side wall and the second corner block distal surface is sized to complementarily engage the side block distal end of the side blocks of the second side wall so that the back wall is contiguous with the first side wall and the second side wall and defines an interior open-faced firebox region having a substantially ""U"" shape in top plan view.