Patent ID: 8118157
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A fireworks launching platform apparatus for supporting fireworks to be fired upwardly from the apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a panel having a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge, said panel having a plurality of apertures therein extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side, said bottom side being abuttable on a ground surface, said bottom side facing in an opposite direction with respect to said top side, wherein a body of a firework is receivable by said apertures to support the firework in an upright manner, said apertures including primary apertures and secondary apertures each extending through said top and bottom sides, each of said primary apertures being positioned adjacent to said peripheral edge of said panel, a plurality of channels being positioned in said bottom side of said panel, said channels each extending through said peripheral edge and into one of said primary apertures, each of said primary apertures being linked by at least one of said channels to said peripheral edge, said secondary apertures being unlinked to said peripheral edge by any of said channels, said primary apertures including; said secondary apertures including a plurality of circular apertures each having a smaller diameter than said circular apertures of said primary apertures, said secondary apertures each having a diameter less than 1.5 inches; said panel having a plurality of elongated slots therein extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side, each of said slots including a pair of elongated inner walls and a pair of respectively short end walls, said elongated slots including at least four of said elongated slots being arranged in an X pattern, wherein four equally spaced fins of a rocket are receivable by said slots arranged in said X pattern, said elongated slots including at least two of said elongated slots being linearly aligned with each other; and said peripheral edge including a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, said first and second edges being positioned opposite of each other, each of said channels extending from an associated one of said primary apertures to a closest positioned one of said first, second, third or fourth channels, said panel having a length from said first edge to said second edge greater than 30 inches, said panel having a width from said third edge to said fourth edge less than 20 inches, said panel having a height from said top side to said bottom side between 1 inch and 3 inches.