Article Support Patents (Class 126/260)
  • Patent number: 11231168
    Abstract: A lampstand with self-extinguishing function includes a support bracket, a flame holder, and an extinguishing device. The flame holder is disposed on the support bracket, and the extinguishing device is installed on the support bracket and located above the flame holder to extinguish a flame on the flame holder. Thus, the lampstand can blow the burning flame out thereby avoiding long-term burning, reducing fire risk and improving safety in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Guozeng Huang, Chao Li
  • Patent number: 10641495
    Abstract: A smoker attachment for a gas grill. The smoker attachment includes a housing having a base, a pair of opposing sidewalls, a rear wall, a front face defining an opening, and an interior volume. A tinder box having an interior volume for receiving fuel therein is removably insertable into the housing. An ash catcher having an interior volume for catching ash from the tinder box as the fuel combusts is removably insertable into the housing below the tinder box. A connector is disposed on a top wall of the housing, and a connecting hose attached to the connector is insertable into an interior enclosure of a gas grill. The connecting hose facilitates the transfer of smoke from the tinder box to the interior enclosure of the gas grill. The smoker attachment enables users to convert a conventional gas grill into a smoker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Justin Hamm
  • Patent number: 10117513
    Abstract: A portable chafing and serving table can include a foldable table assembly, a pair of leg structures pivotably connected to the table assembly, at least one chafing dish recess disposed in the table assembly, the chafing dish recess being configured to receive at least a portion of a chafing dish, and at least one food cover connected to the table assembly, the food cover being moveable between a retracted state and an extended state, and the food cover being configured to cover the chafing dish recess when in the extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Grant M. J. Tolentino
  • Patent number: 7168426
    Abstract: A portable gas stove assembly includes a gas stove and a stove stand, wherein the gas stove has a fuel tank for storing fuel, a flow regulating valve for regulating the flow of the fuel, a fuel nozzle for guiding the fuel flowing from the flow regulating valve, a burner at the top of the fuel nozzle, an adjusting rod on one side of the flow regulating valve for controlling the fuel passing through the flow regulating valve and a first connecting device proximate to the burner; and the stove stand includes a placing section for placing a cooking utensil and a second connecting device disposed on the placing section corresponding to the first connecting device for integrally coupling the stove stand with the first connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Huang-Hsi Hsu
  • Patent number: 5441037
    Abstract: A multipurpose gas light including a bracket mounted on the gas can to hold a glass shield around the lamp head and an annular supporting member above the lamp head, a heat shield for covering on the annular supporting member to shield the heat, a container for mounting on the annular supporting member for cooking food after the removable of the heat shield, a container cover for covering the container, and a container cover holder fastened to the gas can at the top for holding the container cover at any of a series of tilted positions to reflect the light of the lamp head in the desired direction by its inside reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Ruey Bor Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Feng Yen
  • Patent number: 5423309
    Abstract: An oven attachment is provided for a camping lantern, in which the oven attachment is configured to be attached to the lantern so as to form an integral component of the lantern. In particular, the oven attachment provides an enclosure in which foods and beverage containers can be placed and uniformly heated with the heat generated by a conventional camping lantern. The versatility of the oven attachment is enhanced by the ability to regulate the temperature of the enclosure with a damper assembly. Yet the oven attachment is constructed such that its use and structure does not interfere with the safe operation of the lantern as intended by the manufacturer, nor does the oven attachment significantly diminish the lighting capability of the lantern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventors: Rockford M. Miller, Sr., Timothy S. Mannen
  • Patent number: 5117808
    Abstract: An improved folding burner apparatus which is characterized by three support legs, two of which legs are each provided with a compression leg fitting for pivotally mounting the support legs on a burner pipe in foldable relationship. Each of the leg fittings is further provided with a leg stop which contacts the burner pipe when the legs are deployed, to prevent the legs from folding excessively when the burner apparatus is oriented in functional configuration. The third leg is fixed to a leg collar which is rigidly attached to the burner pipe and serves to stabilize a gas inlet line which terminates inside the bottom area of the burner pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Inventors: Donald M. Peters, Hugh W. Smith
  • Patent number: 4530345
    Abstract: A stove for supporting cooking pans and vessels that have rounded or spherical bottoms has three spaced uprights having their upper ends inclined inwardly toward each other. The three uprights are preferably spaced about a heat source and preferably have their upper ends terminate in a single horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Inventor: Jens H. Christiansen
  • Patent number: 4432338
    Abstract: A heater on which a food plate can be supported includes a frame having three arms with holding hooks thereon which grip the food plate and includes, in the center of the frame, a heating candle. A spacing support is provided on the frame and supports a ring provided on an adjacent heater frame during vertical stacking of the heaters. An apertured plate is pivotally supported on the frame. The apertured plate can be swung out of the inner region of the frame, whereby stacking of the heaters is facilitated. The frame also supports a wind-guard member disposed around the candle. A protective member is preferably provided around the apertured plate. A supplemental device can be mounted on the frame to grip plates larger than can be gripped by the holding hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Inventor: Rudolf C. Buchmann
  • Patent number: 4102323
    Abstract: A heater for butter and the like is disclosed, which includes a tubular cylindrical housing, preferably of sheet metal, flared at the upper end for retention of a cup-shaped receptacle whose contents are to be heated. The housing is elevated on and supported by a plurality of strips the lower ends of which extend downwardly and outwardly and provide legs, and the upper ends of which extend upwardly and outwardly and provide handles. A plurality of openings are provided in the wall of the housing for access of air to the interior. A vertically movable heater support is provided in the interior of the housing having a base portion and an upright arm with a threaded stud extending outwardly through aligned slots in one of the strips and in the housing wall with a nut accessible on the exterior for locking the base portion at the desired adjusted position of elevation. The base portion supports a cup, preferably of metal, for a candle employed for supplying heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Inventor: Peter G. Pritz