Patent ID: 8613277

Claim:
An outdoor heater, comprising: an upper plate in an octagonal shape; a middle plate in an octagonal shape; a bottom plate in an octagonal shape; a burner with a flame outlet and a control dial; and a plurality of upper support members correspondingly connected to a plurality of lower support members forming a plurality of sustaining members; and a damper with a set of lower legs situated underneath a separation plate and a set of upper legs situated above the separation plate, wherein the set of lower legs are removably attached to an upper side of the upper plate; wherein the plurality of sustaining members each has two interior angles and are attached equal distance apart from each other so as to surround and connect to each angle of the upper plate, the middle plate and the bottom plate forming the outdoor heater in substantially a square-based pyramid configuration absent an apex; and wherein the burner is attached to the middle plate.