Portable Stove with Incorporated Gas Tank

20160153665

14/952325

November 25, 2015

A portable cooking stove has a stove base member configured to receive a custom-shaped LP gas tank, a burner mounted directly on the fuel tank and a stove top detachably mounted on the stove base member by over center latches. The removal of the stove top permits the gas tank to be removed from the stove assembly to be refilled or replaced. The burner includes a regulator that is mounted to the gas tank before the tank is inserted into the stove base member and the stove top is secured to the stove base member. The burner is detachable mounted on the regulator.

Lezamis West Africa, Ltd (Lagos, NG)

1. A portable cooking stove, comprising: a stove base member having a bottom portion, a top portion and corner posts interconnecting said top and bottom portions; a stove top detachably mounted on said stove base member by latches interengaging said stove base member and said stove top; a gas tank received within said stove base member beneath said stove top, said gas tank including a regulator operable to control the flow of gas from said gas tank; and a burner detachably mounted on said regulator and positionable through a burner opening formed in said stove top.

2. The portable cooking stove of claim 2 further comprising a grate positionable on said stove top to support a cooking utensil above said burner.

3. The portable cooking stove of claim 2 wherein said latches are over center latches mounted on said stove base member and are selectively engagable with said stove top to affix said stove top to said stove base member in a releasable manner.

4. The portable cooking stove of claim 3 wherein said stove top is formed with latch openings for engagement by said over center latches.

5. The portable cooking stove of claim 4 wherein said gas tank has a rounded upper portion and a rounded indentation in a bottom portion of said tank, a footring is affixed to said bottom portion and surrounding said indentation such that said gas tanks can be stacked with the round upper portion nested in the footring below said rounded indentation in the bottom portion of a stacked gas tank.

6. The portable cooking stove of claim 4 wherein said regulator is detachably connected to an internal valve within said gas tank, said burner being mounted to a top mounting stem of said regulator.

7. The portable cooking stove of claim 4 wherein said top portion of said stove base member includes mounting tabs for the support of said over center latches.

8. The portable cooking stove of claim 4 wherein said upper portion of said stove base member is formed with upwardly projecting studs corresponding to said corner posts, said stove top being supported on said studs before being secured by said over center latches.

9. A portable cooking stove, comprising: a stove base member including: a bottom portion having a central opening formed therein; a top portion spaced above said bottom portion and being formed with upwardly directed studs; and corner posts interconnecting said top and bottom portions and defining open sides between said top and bottom portions and said corner posts; a stove top supported on said studs and having latch openings on at least two sides thereof, said stove top including a central opening therethrough; over center latches affixed to said top portion of said stove base member and being selectively engagable with said latch openings in said stove top to detachably secure said stove top to said stove base member; a gas tank positioned in said central opening of said bottom portion of said stove base member below said stove top; a regulator connected to said gas tank to control a flow of gas from said gas tank; a burner detachably mounted on said regulator to receive the flow of gas therefrom, said burner being positionable within said central opening in said stove top; and a grate supported on said stove top above said burner.

10. The portable cooking stove of claim 9 wherein said top portion of said stove base member is formed with mounting tabs for the mounting of said over center latches.

11. The portable cooking stove of claim 9 wherein said regulator is detachably connected to an internal valve within said gas tank, said burner being mounted to a top mounting stem of said regulator.

12. The portable cooking stove of claim 9 wherein said gas tank has a rounded upper portion and a rounded indentation in a bottom portion of said tank, a footring is affixed to said bottom portion and surrounding said indentation such that said gas tanks can be stacked with the round upper portion nested in the footring below said rounded indentation in the bottom portion of a stacked gas tank.

13. The portable cooking stove of claim 12 wherein said gas tank includes grips on said upper portion to facilitate the movement of said gas tank relative to said stove base member.

14. The portable cooking stove of claim 9 wherein said grate is removable from said stove top.

15. A portable cooking stove, comprising: a gas tank having a rounded upper portion and a rounded lower portion formed with a rounded indentation and a footring surrounding said round indentation; a regulator mounted into an internal valve within said gas tank to control the flow of gas therefrom; a stove base member having a bottom portion formed with a central opening therein, said gas tank being received within said central opening in said bottom portion, said stove base member further having a top portion spaced above said bottom portion and spaced above said gas tank; a stove top detachably supported on said top portion, said stove top including a central opening extending therethrough; a burner mounted on said regulator to receive the flow of gas from said regulator, said burner being positioned within said central opening in said stove top; and a grate mounted on said stove top around said central opening therein.

16. The portable cooking stove of claim 15 wherein said stove base member is formed with corner posts interconnecting said top and bottom portions, said corner posts defining open sides between said top and bottom portions.

17. The portable cooking stove of claim 16 wherein said top portion is formed with upwardly extending studs corresponding to said corner posts to support said stove top thereon.

18. The portable cooking stove of claim 15 further comprising: a pair of over center latches mounted to said top portion of said stove base member and being selectively engagable with latch openings formed in said stove top to detachably secure said stove top to said top portion of said stove base member.

19. The portable cooking stove of claim 18 wherein said top portion is also formed with mounting tabs for the connection of said over center latches to said top portion of said stove base member.

20. The portable cooking stove of claim 19 wherein said upper portion of said gas tank includes grips to facilitate the movement of said gas tank relative to said stove base member.

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