Patent ID: 6926517
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A campfire apparatus adapted to be placed in an assembled state on a support surface and connected to a source of fuel, comprising: (A) a fire pan adapted to be supported in an upright orientation on a support surface, said fire pan having an upper rim and a pan interior; (B) at least one diffuser element disposed in the pan interior of said fire pan and secured thereto when in an assembled state, said diffuser element having an exterior surface; and (C) a gas injector extending into the interior of said fire pan when in the assembled state and operative to introduce vaporized fuel into the pan interior when connected to the source of fuel, said gas injector terminating in a gas outlet located proximately to and directed toward said diffuser element such that vaporized fuel introduced into the pan interior is incident on a region of the exterior surface of said diffuser element, said diffuser element thereby operative to disperse the vaporized fuel about the fire pan interior exteriorly of said diffuser element when said gas introduces the vaporized fuel therein.