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Container for portable stove

US4185748A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1978
Grant dateJan 29, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 1, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J36/26
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A container for enclosing a portable stove either in a first fully assembled configuration having one height, or in a second partially dismantled configuration having a second lesser height, the container comprising two saucepans serving as covers and telescopable together to accomodate the stove having either said first or second height, the saucepans having two sets of selectable latch elements vertically spaced along their sidewalls to latch the saucepans at one of the selected heights, and the latch elements being supported on sidewalls which are so shaped that the saucepans can be telescoped together with the latch elements sliding freely between them without snagging on adjacent sidewalls.

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