Patent ID: 6257125
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
A portable cooking stove for use in motion filled, non-stable environments for cooking food in a pot and for minimizing the spilling of food from the pot, said stove including means for supporting the pot, said stove comprising:a support frame including a pair of side members having inturned upper protrusions, and a bottom member having means associated therewith for supporting the support frame in a normal vertical posture;a gimbal ring including a pair of first gimbals spaced one hundred eighty degrees from each other, and a pair of second gimbals spaced one hundred eighty degrees from each other with adjacent first and second gimbals being respectively spaced ninety degrees around said ring, each of said first and second gimbals having an opening therein, and each of said openings in each said second gimbal being adapted for receiving a respective inturned upper protrusion of said side members of said support frame;a hanger assembly including a pair of legs, each having an upper section having an outturned protrusion, an intermediate section having the means for supporting the pot and a lower section, each of said openings in each said first gimbal being adapted for receiving a respective outturned protrusion of said upper section of said hanger assembly;a fuel supply source mounted within said lower section of said hanger assembly;valve means connected to said fuel supply source; anda burner having a plurality of fuel emitting openings therein connected to said valve means.