Patent ID: 6708604
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A portable collapsible cooking apparatus comprising:a back wall, said back wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an interior surface; a first sidewall, said first sidewall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an interior surface; a second sidewall, said second sidewall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an interior surface; means for rotational engagement of said first side edge of said back wall to said first side edge of said first sidewall; means for rotational engagement of said second side edge of said back wall to said second side edge of said second sidewall; at least one support plate having a first end, a second end, a top edge, and a bottom edge; means for rotational engagement of said support plate at said first edge, to a first mounting point at said second side edge of said first sidewall; means for releasable engagement of said second end of said support plate, to said first side edge of said second sidewall; at least one door, said door having an attachment edge, a distal edge opposite said attachment edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge; means for rotational engagement of said engagement edge of said door to a second mounting point at said second side edge of said first sidewall; said cooking apparatus having a collapsed position and having an expended position; a top wall, having four side edges, an interior surface and an exterior surface; means for releasable sealed engagement of three sides of said top wall to said top edge of said first sidewall, said top edge of said second sidewall, and said top edge of said rear wall respectively, when said cooking apparatus is in said expended position; a bottom wall, said bottom wall having four side edges, an interior surface and an exterior surface; means for releasable sealed engagement of three sides of said bottom wall to said bottom edge of said first sidewall, said bottom edge of said second sidewall, and said bottom edge of said rear wall respectively, when said cooking apparatus is in said expended position; at least one rack, said rack cooperatively engageable with said first sidewall and said second sidewall when said cooking apparatus is in said expanded position; a firebox, said firebox insertable between first sidewall and said second sidewall when said cooking apparatus is in said expanded position; an interior cavity defined by the area between said first sidewall, said second sidewall, and said back wall, top wall and said bottom wall when said cooking apparatus is in said expanded position with said top wall and said bottom wall mounted; means for removable engagement of said distal end of said door to said second side edge of said second sidewall when said door is rotated to a closed position; and means to control the airflow into and out of said interior cavity when said top and bottom are mounted and said door is in said closed position whereby combustible fuel may be burned in said fire box and air entering and exiting said interior cavity may be regulated to thereby control cooking of any food occupying said rack.