Patents by Inventor Konel S. Banner

Konel S. Banner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125478
    Abstract: A portable stove is provided. The stove includes a body with an exterior wall, a bottom with foldable legs attached to it, and a top with an opening to which can be affixed a reversible cooking attachment, the cooking attachment having an outward orientation and an inward orientation. Inside the walls of the stove body are an electronics housing, an electric fan with an adjustable speed above the electronics housing, a shield above the fan, a removable ash pan above the shield, and a burn chamber with a fire grate above the ash pan. The cooking attachment further includes a mounting ring and foldable arms which are connected by a collar. The collar projects up from the stove in the outward orientation and into the stove in the inward orientation. The mounting ring has a rounded lip. Each foldable arm has a supporting side with dogs and an angled tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Konel S. Banner
  • Publication number: 20230366558
    Abstract: A combination stove and space heater is provided, comprising a stove portion and a removable heater portion disposed over the stove portion. The stove portion includes an enclosure having a removable drawer configured to receive one or more burnable fuels, a grating suspended by the enclosure over the removable drawer and configured to be heated by burning the one or more fuels. The removable heater portion includes a radiator having a plurality of vertical plates, each having a length along a lateral axis and a height along a vertical axis, an axial fan disposed at one side of the radiator and with an axis of flow substantially parallel to the lateral axis, and a cover disposed surrounding the radiator and the axial fan, the cover having openings on opposing ends along the lateral axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Garold H. Williams, Konel S. Banner
  • Publication number: 20230225556
    Abstract: A heating device having a burn chamber that includes at least one opening, a conduction chamber adjacent to the burn chamber and including at least one aperture, a heat manifold including a first port and a second port, and at least one source vent extending between and coupling the first port of the heat manifold to the at least one opening of the burn chamber, and at least one exhaust vent, protruding from a surface of the heat manifold and extending between and coupling the second port of the heat manifold to the at least one aperture of the conduction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Garold H. Williams, Konel S. Banner
  • Publication number: 20150068111
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for a rechargeable fire starter and a long burning fuel. The disclosure relates to a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel. The rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel may comprise an absorbent having a porous mineral, or a combination of one or more porous minerals along with wood pellets. The absorbent may then be saturated with a flammable liquid. This combination provides a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel that is relatively impervious to moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Konel S. Banner, Frank O. Weston
  • Patent number: 8808409
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for a rechargeable fire starter and a long burning fuel. The disclosure relates to a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel. The rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel may comprise an absorbent having a porous mineral, or a combination of one or more porous minerals along with wood pellets. The absorbent may then be saturated with a flammable liquid. This combination provides a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel that is relatively impervious to moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Insta-Fire LLC
    Inventors: Konel S. Banner, Frank Weston
  • Publication number: 20100218418
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for a rechargeable fire starter and a long burning fuel. The disclosure relates to a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel. The rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel may comprise an absorbent having a porous mineral, or a combination of one or more porous minerals along with wood pellets. The absorbent may then be saturated with a flammable liquid. This combination provides a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel that is relatively impervious to moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Konel S. Banner, Frank Weston