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US 8,360,049 · App. 12/150,015 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Windscreen for fire

Inventor: Blake Stephens (Cincinnati, OH)
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Patent No.
US 8,360,049
App. No.
12/150,015
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A windscreen having base positionable adjacent a fire, a first body portion removeably secured to the base in a substantially vertical orientation, and a securing member connected to the first body portion and capable of removeably securing a second body portion above or next to the first body portion.

Claims (12)

1. A windscreen comprising:

a plurality of bases selectively positionable adjacent a fire;

a first body portion removably secured to said bases in a substantially vertical orientation, the first body portion being disposed within a channel of said bases;

a second body portion removably secured to said first body portion; and

a securing member connected to said first body portion capable of removably securing said second body portion in a position above said first body portion, said securing member having two or more protrusions, and wherein said securing member extends along a vertical end of said first body portion.

2. The windscreen of claim 1 wherein said securing member defines a railing along said first body portion along which said second body portion may be selectively extended vertically beyond an end of said first body portion.

3. The windscreen of claim 1 further comprising a locking mechanism for securing said second body portion in a fixed position along said securing member.

4. The windscreen of claim 1 wherein said first body portion is substantially curved.

5. The windscreen of claim 1 wherein said first body portion is capable of being rolled into a substantially cylindrical shape for storage.

6. The windscreen of claim 1 wherein said first body portion has a first side comprising a heat reflective material oriented toward said fire.

7. The windscreen of claim 6 wherein said heat reflective material has a decorative finish.

8. The windscreen of claim 6 wherein said first body portion has a second side comprising a composite material opposite said first side.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60925986 · Apr 24, 2007
Related Publication 20080277541A1 · Nov 13, 2008