Patents by Inventor Benjamin D. Schmid

Benjamin D. Schmid has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for building a sustainable fire
    Patent number: 11035573
    Abstract: An apparatus for building a fire, the apparatus having a frame, the frame providing four substantially vertical members, and a plurality of transversely extending crossbars therebetween, wherein the frame is generally shaped as a pyramidal frustum. A method for building a sustainable fire, the method providing an apparatus; arranging a series of tiers on the apparatus; and igniting a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Schmid
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FIRE
    Publication number: 20200300473
    Abstract: An apparatus for building a fire, the apparatus having a frame, the frame providing four substantially vertical members, and a plurality of transversely extending crossbars therebetween, wherein the frame is generally shaped as a pyramidal frustum. A method for building a sustainable fire, the method providing an apparatus; arranging a series of tiers on the apparatus; and igniting a fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Schmid