Patent ID: 6712067
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
A portable cook stove adapted for supporting a cooking pot thereon, the cooking pot defining an effective pot diameter, comprising:a ground engaging base; a wall mounted to the base having a closed configuration defining a periphery with an effective outer diameter, wherein the wall has an upper portion and defines a central opening therethrough, wherein the upper portion of the wall includes a discontinuous mounting portion; at least one cooking pot support mounted to the wall in a generally transverse orientation to the wall and extending into the central opening, a portion of the cooking pot support received by the discontinuous mounting portion to prevent lateral movement of the cooking pot support with respect to the wall, the cooking pot support having a first cooking surface juxtaposed with a second cooking surface, the first cooking surface having an upstanding peripheral tab thereon defining an effective inner diameter; the at least one cooking pot support defining a cooking pot support surface for supporting the cooking pot thereon; and a burner mounted to the wall in a generally coaxial configuration with the central opening, the burner adapted to be operably interconnected with a source of fuel; whereby, when a cooking pot having an effective pot diameter at or less than the effective inner diameter is employed, the cooking pot support can be oriented with respect to the wall so that the upstanding peripheral tabs are directed upwardly creating a guard against slippage of the cooking pot with respect to the cooking pot support, and when a cooking pot having an effective pot diameter greater than the effective inner diameter is employed, the cooking pot support can be oriented with respect to the wall so that the peripheral tabs are directed downwardly and do not create an obstruction to using the larger cooking pot.