Patent ID: 8991382
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: F24B,F24C

Abstract:
1. A fire pit, comprising: a circular bottom plate; a circular log-supporting plate having a diameter substantially the same as a diameter of said circular bottom plate; said circular log-supporting plate positioned above said circular bottom plate in substantial axial alignment with said circular bottom plate in vertically spaced, parallel relation thereto; a plurality of leg members secured about the periphery of said log-supporting plate and depending therefrom; each leg member of said plurality of leg members having a common length and each leg member having a lowermost end that overlies and abuts said circular bottom plate so that the common length of said leg members determines the amount of vertical spacing between said circular bottom plate and said circular log-supporting plate; each leg member of said plurality of leg members having a hollow uppermost end that extends slightly above a plane of said circular log-supporting plate; a plurality of independently formed, arcuate grates mounted about the periphery of said circular log-supporting plate, each of said arcuate grates having a common predetermined curvature so that a circle having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said circular log-supporting plate is collectively formed by said plurality of arcuate grates; a vertically-oriented post secured to each of said arcuate grates, mid-width thereof; each of said vertically-oriented posts having a lowermost end slideably received within the hollow open end of its associated leg member to thereby releasably and independently connect each arcuate grate to the periphery of said circular log-supporting plate; said fire pit being disassembled for storage by lifting said arcuate grates so that their respective vertically-oriented posts are separated from their associated hollow open ends, lifting said circular log-supporting plate to separate the leg members of said circular log-supporting plate from said circular bottom plate, inverting said circular log-supporting plate and positioning it in overlying relation to said circular bottom plate so that the leg members of said circular log-supporting plate are disposed in upstanding relation to said circular log-supporting plate, and positioning said arcuate grates in nested, stacked relation to one another in overlying relation to said circular log-supporting plate so that said nested, stacked arcuate grates are surrounded by said upstanding leg members of said circular log-supporting plate.