Abstract: An outdoor fireplace including a combustion chamber that has a top portion and an ash pan. The top portion and said ash pan are rigidly connected by a plurality of substantially vertical supports. The outdoor fireplace further includes a base, the base providing an upper portion and a support structure. The upper portion substantially spans the area spanned by the ash pan and is connected to the ash pan such that an integral airway is formed between the ash pan and the upper portion.

Abstract: A collapsible cooking stove including a lower housing, an upper housing, a fire chamber assembly, and at least one lef mechanism. The upper housing and fire chamber assembly are interconnected by a pair of mating flanges disposed on the upper housing and fire chamber assembly. The fire chamber assemblyis interconnected with the lower housing by at least one retaining clasp associated with the fire chamber assembly that interfaces with a retaining surface located on the lower housing. The upper housing and lower housing are further interconnected by the at least one collapsing leg mechanism, which has a leg rotationally affixed to the upper housing and a linkage member rotationally affixed to both the leg and the lower housing. The collapsible cooking stove can be uncollapsed for cooking by lifting upwards on the upper housing, preferably using a bail attached to the upper housing.

Abstract: The fireplace grill features dual purpose legs which are inverted to snap over a lid holding the entire unit together for compact storage and transport. Under normal operating condition, the legs are inverted and are deployed downwardly and outwardly to raise the fireplace above the ground.

Abstract: A multiple position leg assembly for a heat exchange unit is disclosed. A support surface has a pair of slots which coact with a leg such that the leg has a shipping position wherein it does not extend beyond the bottom of the unit and has a support position wherein it is securely fastened in the slots of the support surface to maintain the unit a preselected distance from a mounting structure. The leg is designed such that internal forces act to secure narrowed portions of the leg in the slots to provide a secure support for the unit.

Abstract: A fire starter having a relatively short chimney extending upwardly from a skirt in the form of a truncated cone is made more effective by the use of a venturi at the junction of skirt and chimney, and by the use of radial flow directors at the underside of the skirt, and by giving the chimney a truncated conical form.The short chimney, which unfolds, and division of the skirt into two generally semi-circular sections facilitates assembly and disassembly and adds portability.

Abstract: A portable barbecue having brackets for adjustably supporting the barbecue grid removably attached to the barbecue bowl solely by interengagement between the bowl and the brackets without any additional fastening or mounting members. Each of the brackets is insertable through a horizontal slot in the vertical upwardly extending sides of the barbecue bowl. The brackets are formed so as to provide biasing means which urge an upper notched portion of the bracket into vertical alignment with the sides of the bowl and the other end of the bracket into engagement with the bottom of the barbecue bowl. In one embodiment the other end of the bracket is extended so as to form short legs which are integral with the grid supporting bracket for maintaining the barbecue a short distance above the ground or other supporting surface such as a picnic table. Another embodiment has a separate tripod leg assembly for supporting the barbecue bowl above the ground at approximately the user's waist level.