BURNER STAND

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the benefit of and priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 63/617,496, filed January 4, 2024, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure pertains generally, but not by way of limitation, to collapsible or knock-down stand assemblies, systems, and methods. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to collapsible or knock-down stand assemblies, systems, and methods for burners

BACKGROUND

A wide variety of stands have been developed for supporting devices or objects. Some of these stands are configured to support cooking pots, Christmas trees, flag poles, signposts, display racks, burners, and the like. These stands are manufactured by any one of a variety of different manufacturing methods and may be used according to any one of a variety of methods. Of the known stand assemblies, systems, and methods, each has certain advantages and disadvantages. There is an ongoing need to provide alternative medical devices and systems as well as alternative methods for manufacturing and using medical devices and systems.

BRIEF SUMMARY

This disclosure provides design, material, manufacturing method, and use alternatives for stand assemblies.

In a first example, a burner stand may include a central body, a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having a first end rotationally coupled to the central body and a second end, and a baffle configured to extend around the central body and receive the second end of the plurality of legs.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the baffle may include a central opening configured to receive the central body and the baffle is configured to receive the second end of the plurality of legs at a location radially outward from the central opening.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the burner stand may further include a flame deflector rotationally coupled to the central body and configured to be rotationally adjusted relative to the central body and selectively positioned over the central body.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the central opening may be configured to extend around the flame deflector.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, each of the plurality of legs may include a curved portion along a length between the first end and the second end, the curved portion being configured to contact a surface on which the burner stand is configured to rest.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the burner stand may further include a grate configured to engage the second end of each of the plurality of legs.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the grate may include a ring and a plurality of linear supports transverse to the ring and each of the plurality of linear supports may be aligned with a leg of the plurality of legs.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, each of the plurality of linear supports may be planar with two legs.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the burner stand may further include a heat deflector configured to couple with each of the plurality of legs at a location below the central body.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the heat deflector may include a plurality of slots and each slot is configured to receive a leg of the plurality of legs.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, each slot may include an arm configured to engage a leg of the plurality of legs and prevent unintended separation of the heat deflector and the plurality of legs.

In another example, a method of forming a burner stand may include rotating a second leg relative to a central body to a position at which the second leg is in a first plane with a first leg, rotating a fourth leg relative to the central body to a position at which the fourth leg is in a second plane with a third leg, the second plane crosses the first plane at the central body, and extending an end of each of the first leg, the second, the third leg, and the fourth leg through associated leg openings in a baffle.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the method may further include extending the central body through a central opening in the baffle, wherein the central opening is positioned inward from the leg openings in the baffle.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the method may further include extending a flame deflector rotationally coupled to the central body through a central opening in the baffle, wherein the central opening is positioned inward from the leg openings in the baffle.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the method may further include applying a grate to the end of each of the first leg, the second leg, the third leg, and the fourth leg extending through the baffle.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the method may further include coupling a heat deflector to two or more of the first leg, the second leg, the third leg, and the fourth leg.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, coupling the heat deflector to two or more of the first leg, the second leg, the third leg, and the fourth leg may comprise fitting one or more slots of the heat deflector to one or more of the first leg, the second leg, the third leg, and the fourth leg.

In another example, a burner system may include a fuel source, an elongate tube in fluid communication with the fuel source, and a collapsible burner stand in fluid communication with the elongate tube, the collapsible burner stand comprising a central body and a plurality of legs each having a first end rotationally coupled to the central body and a free second end spaced outward from the first end, and wherein the central body is configured to receive a fuel from the fuel source for igniting at the central body.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the collapsible burner stand may further include a baffle configured to receive the free second end of each of the plurality of legs, and a grate removably coupled to the free second end of each of the plurality of legs received by the baffle.

Additionally or alternatively to any of the examples above, the collapsible burner stand may further include a heat deflector removably coupled to the plurality of legs at a location between the first end and the free second end of each of the plurality of legs and below the central body.

The above summary of some embodiments is not intended to describe each disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the present disclosure. The Figures, and Detailed Description, which follow, more particularly exemplify these embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of an illustrative burner system;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic side view of an illustrative burner stand assembly;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the illustrative burner stand assembly depicted in FIG. 2, where the burner stand assembly has been rotated forty-five (45) degrees to the left;

FIG. 4 is a schematic bottom view of the illustrative burner stand assembly depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the illustrative burner stand assembly depicted in FIG. 2

FIGS. 6A and 6B are schematic side views of a burner system depicting different positions of a flame deflector;

FIG. 7 is a schematic exploded view of the burner stand assembly depicted in FIG. 2; and

FIGS. 8A-8F depict schematic views of the burner stand assembly depicted in FIG. 2 at sequential steps of an illustrative method of assembling the burner stand assembly.

While the disclosure is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the disclosure to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For the following defined terms, these definitions shall be applied, unless a different definition is given in the claims or elsewhere in this specification.

All numeric values are herein assumed to be modified by the term “about”, whether or not explicitly indicated. The term “about” generally refers to a range of numbers that one of skill in the art would consider equivalent to the recited value (e.g., having the same function or result). In many instances, the terms “about” may include numbers that are rounded to the nearest significant figure.

The recitation of numerical ranges by endpoints includes all numbers within that range (e.g. 1 to 5 includes 1, 1.5, 2, 2.75, 3, 3.80, 4, and 5).

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term “or” is generally employed in its sense including “and/or” unless the content clearly dictates otherwise.

It is noted that references in the specification to “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “other embodiments”, etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include one or more particular features, structures, and/or characteristics. However, such recitations do not necessarily mean that all embodiments include the particular features, structures, and/or characteristics. Additionally, when particular features, structures, and/or characteristics are described in connection with one embodiment, it should be understood that such features, structures, and/or characteristics may also be used in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described unless clearly stated to the contrary.

The following detailed description should be read with reference to the drawings in which similar elements in different drawings are numbered the same. The drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, depict illustrative embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 depicts a schematic view of an illustrative burner system 10. The burner system 10 may include, among other components, a burner stand 12, a fuel line 14, and a fuel source 16 fluidly coupled to the burner stand via the fuel line 14.

The fuel source 16 may be any suitable source of fuel for the burner stand 12. Example suitable fuel sources 16 may include, but are not limited to, a fuel tank, a wall fuel line, and/or other suitable fuel sources.

The fuel supplied by the fuel source 16 and provided to the burner stand 12 via the fuel line 14 may be any suitable type of fuel (e.g., any suitable type of combustible product). Example suitable types of fuel may include, but are not limited to, propane, butane, natural gas, liquid natural gas, and/or other suitable fuels for burners. In one example, the fuel source 16 may provide propane to the burner stand 12, but this is not required.

In some cases, the fuel line 14, as depicted in FIG. 1, and/or the fuel source 16 may include an actuator 18 in fluid communication with a flow path between the fuel source 16 and the burner stand 12 to control a flow of fuel between the fuel source 16 and the burner stand 12. The actuator 18 may be or may include an on/off switch and/or may be configured to adjust a flow rate of fuel from the fuel source 16 to the burner stand 12 between a flow rate of zero (e.g., a closed position) and a max flow rate. The actuator 18 may be actuated in any suitable manner including, but not limited to, by pressing the actuator 18 (e.g., pressing a button), by rotating the actuator 18 (e.g., rotating a dial), by an electrical or electromechanical pulse, and/or actuated in one or more other suitable manners.

The fuel line 14 may couple to the burner stand 12 and/or the fuel source 16 via one or more connectors 20. Example suitable connection types of the connectors 20 of and/or between the burner stand 12, the fuel line 14, and/or the fuel source 16 include, but are not limited to, threaded connections, push-to-connect connections, slide-to-connect connections, quick-to-connect connections, ball-dent connections, one-way valve connections (e.g., connections that are closed until connected with a further component), and/or other suitable connection types.

The fuel line 14 may be any suitable type of fuel line and may be formed from any suitable material and/or material configuration. Example suitable materials and configurations of materials include, but are not limited to, polymers, metals, fabrics, strands of material, braids of materials, tubular materials, elongate tubes defining one or more lumens, mesh materials, flexible materials, and/or other suitable material types and/or material configurations. In one example, the fuel line may be an elongate tube formed of metal and polymer.

The burner stand 12 may have any suitable configuration. In some examples, the burner stand 12 may be a collapsible or knock-down burner stand, but this is not required. A collapsible and/or knock-down burner stand may facilitate storage of the burner stand and/or transportation of the burner stad.

The burner stand 12 may include a variety of components configured to facilitate supporting an object above a flame extending from a central body 22 of the burner stand 12. As depicted in FIG. 1, the burner stand 12 may include, among other components, the central body 22, a plurality of legs 24, and a grate 26. Although not required, the grate 26 may include a ring 28 and one or more object supports 30. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, the burner stand 12 may include a fuel nozzle 32 configured to connect with the fuel line 14 via one or more connectors 20, a heat deflector 34, a baffle 36, a flame deflector 38, among other components.

The central body 22 may be configured to receive fuel from the fuel source 16 via the fuel line 14 for ignition into a flame and may have any suitable configuration. In some examples, the central body 22 may have a tubular configuration, but this is not required and the central body 22 may take on other suitable configurations. In one example, the central body 22 may be tubular and configured to extend through a central opening 40 of the baffle 36 such that the central body 22 extends across the baffle 36 from a first side to a second side of the baffle 36.

The central opening 40 of the baffle 36 may be any suitable shape and size. Example suitable shapes for the central opening 40 may include, but are not limited to, a square shape, a rectangular shape, a circular shape, a rounded shape, an elongate shape, a star shape, an oval shape, and/or other suitable shapes. In some examples, the central opening 40 may be square shaped with rounded corners and sized to receive the central portion 22 and the flame deflector 38, as depicted in FIG. 1.

Further, the baffle 36 may include one or more leg openings 42. The leg openings 42, when included, may be configured to receive a portion of the leg 24. In the configuration depicted in FIG. 1, the baffle 36 may include four leg openings 42, where each of the four leg openings is configured to receive one end of a leg 24 and rest against a portion of the leg between the end received and further end of the leg 24 proximage the central portion 22. In some cases, the leg openings 42 may be equally spaced from one another, but this is not required.

The leg openings 42 may have any suitable shape and size that extends through the baffle 36 from the first side to the second side of the baffle 36. In some cases, the size of the leg openings 42 may include any suitable size configured to receive a leg 24 and facilitate the baffle 36 resting against the received leg 24 (e.g., resting against an outside surface of the leg 24 and/or other suitable surface) at a desired height above a surface on which the burner stand is supported. Example suitable shapes of the leg openings 42 include, but are not limited to, circular shapes, rounded shapes, elongated shapes, square shapes, rectangular shapes, oval shapes, star shapes, hook shapes, and/or other suitable shapes. In some examples, the leg openings 42 may be an oval shape or an elongate-circular shape, as depicted in FIG. 1, but this is not required. Alternatively or additionally, one or more of the leg openings 42 may have a hook shape such that the baffle 36 may engage the legs 24 by rotating the baffle 36 around one or more legs configured to be received by the hook-shaped leg openings 42.

The components of the burner stand 12 may be formed from any suitable materials configured to withstand high temperatures and/or support cooking apparatuses. Example suitable materials include, but are not limited to, polymers, metals, alloys, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and/or other suitable materials.

FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative side view of the burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 1. As depicted in FIG. 1, the central body 22 be positioned within the burner stand 12 at a location between the heat deflector 34 and the flame deflector 38 and/or the grate 26, while extending through the baffle 36. Other suitable configurations, however, are contemplated.

The central body 22 of the burner stand 12 may be coupled to and/or coupled with respect to the fuel nozzle 32 and may receive an outlet flow of fuel from the fuel source 16 via an outflow end of the fuel nozzle 32. In some cases, the central body 22 may include a first end 22a, a second end 22b, and a lumen extending between the first end 22a and the second end 22b, where the first end 22a of the central body 22 may be coupled to or coupled relative to the fuel nozzle 32 and the second end 22b of the central body 22 may emit a flame when fuel received at the central body 22 from the fuel nozzle 32 is ignited.

The fuel nozzle 32 may be or may include an elongate tube with a first end 32a couplable to the fuel line 14 and a second end 32b opposing the first end 32a and including a fluid outlet configured to be positioned within, or directing a flow within, the central body 22. The fuel nozzle 32 may be coupled to the central body 22 in any suitable manner. In one example, the fuel nozzle 32 may be welded to the first end 22a of the central body 22, but this is not required and the fuel nozzle 32 may be coupled to the central body 22 at one or more other suitable locations and/or with one or more additional or alternative coupling techniques.

The legs 24 may be coupled to or relative to the central body 22. In some cases, the legs 24 may be coupled to the central body 22 such that one or more of the legs 24 rotate relative to the central body 22. In one example coupling configuration, a plurality of leg receiving tubes 44 may be secured to (e.g., secured in any suitable securing manner discussed herein or otherwise) the central body 22 (e.g., to an outer surface of the central body 22) and a first end 24a of each leg may extend through one of the leg receiving tubes 44 such that the leg 24 is coupled to the leg receiving tube 44 and the central body 22, while being able to rotate relative to the leg receiving tube 44 and the central body 22.

The legs 24 may be coupled to a fastener 46 including an overhang or lip extending outward from a central longitudinal axis of the leg 24 that is configured to engage an end of the leg receiving tube 44 and prevent the leg 24 from separating from the leg receiving tube 44 when the fastener 46 is coupled to a leg 24. In some cases, the fastener 46 may be screw with a head forming the overhang or lip, where the screw is coupled to an end of the leg 24, but this is not required and the lip, but this is not required and one or more other suitable fasteners may be used.

When the first end 24a of the legs 24 are secured to or proximate to the central body 22, a second end 24b (e.g., a free second end, such as an end that does not close a loop with the first end 24a of the leg 24) of the legs 24 may extend through the leg openings 42 (not depicted in FIG. 2) and above the baffle 36. When so configured and/or in other suitable configurations, the baffle 36 at the leg openings 42 may engage and rest on an outer surface of the legs 24. In some cases, the legs 24 may have a vertical elongate portion at or proximate the second end 24b of the legs 24 that are configured to extend through the leg openings 42. At a bottom end of the elongate portions, the legs 24 may have a bend and extend outward (e.g., away from the central body 22) and the baffle 36 may rest on the portion of the leg 24 at or just below the bend as the leg 24 extends outward. As depicted in FIG. 2, the legs 24 and the leg openings 42 of the baffle 36 may be configured to position the baffle 36 at a location between the first end 22a and the second end 22b of the central body 22 and/or between the heat deflector 34 and the flame deflector 38, but other suitable positioning of the baffle 36 relative to components of the burner stand 12 are contemplated.

The second end 24b of the legs 24 spaced outward relative to the first end 24a of the legs 24 may be configured to receive the grate 26. As discussed above, the grate 26 may include a ring 28 and/or one or more object supports 30 (e.g., linear supports and/or other suitable supports) configured to support a cooking apparatus and/or other object above a flame extending from the central body 22. As depicted in FIG. 2, the ring 28 may couple the object supports 30 and the legs 24. In some cases, the object supports 30 may be coupled to the ring 28 such that an upper surface of the object supports 30 are coplanar, but other suitable configurations are contemplated. Further, although not required, each object support 30 may be transverse to the ring 28 and/or aligned with a leg 24 of the plurality of legs 24. In some examples, one or more of the object supports 30 may be planar with two legs 24.

In some examples, the object supports 30 may comprise a component depicted in the FIGS. that may be coupled to the ring 28 and a transverse component (not shown) that may be transverse to and have an upper surface that is coplanar with one or more of the depicted components of the object supports 30. The transverse component may extend across the depicted component of the object supports 30 at any location along the depicted component that facilitates supporting an object on the object supports 30. In one example, the transverse component may extend across the depicted component of the object supports 30 at an outer-most extent of the depicted component of the object supports 30, but other suitable configurations are contemplated.

The transverse component of the object support 30 may have any suitable shape and size. For example, the transverse component may be a ring (e.g., extending across one or more of the depicted components of the object support), a linear length of material, an arc length of material, and/or the transverse component may have any other suitable shape and/or size. In some examples, the transverse component may be an arc length of material extending transverse to the depicted component of the object support 30 at an outer-most extent of the depicted component, but other suitable configurations are contemplated.

The grate 26 may further include one or more leg coupling components 52. In some cases, the legs 24 and the leg coupling components 52 may have a sliding engagement, but other suitable engagements between the legs 24 and the grate 26 are contemplated. The leg coupling components 52 may be elongate tube components configured to receive the second ends 24b of the legs 24 therein, peg components configured to be received by the legs 24, and/or other suitable components. As depicted in FIG. 2, the leg coupling components 52 may be elongate tubes that receive ends of the legs 24, but this configuration is not required.

The leg coupling components 52 of the grate 26 may be spaced apart at any suitable location around the grate 26. In some examples, the leg coupling components 52 may be spaced an equal distance apart from one another along the ring 28 of the grate 26, which may facilitate equally spacing the legs 24 from one another when the grill is in an assembled configuration and the second end 24b of the legs 24 are engaging the grate 26.

As or once the leg coupling components 52 of the grate 26 are engaging the legs 24, the grate 26 may be further secured to the legs 24. For example, the leg coupling components 52 and the legs 24 may be releasably secured to one another via one or more component coupling techniques including, but not limited to, a friction fit, a click connection, a snap connection, a ball-detent connection, set screws, a spring-loaded pin fit, and/or other suitable connections. In one example and as depicted in FIG. 2, one or more set screws may be tightened to secure the legs 24 to the leg coupling components 52 and untightened to allow the legs 24 to disengage the leg coupling components 52, but this is not required.

As discussed, the legs 24 may include one or more bends. As depicted in FIG. 2, the legs 24 may include a first vertical elongate portion at the first end 24a of the leg 24 that is configured to be parallel to the central body 22 and may be configured to engage the leg receiving tube 44. Moving from the first end 24a toward the second end 24b of the leg 24, the leg 24 may be bent and extend outward from a bend or curve at a bottom of the first vertical elongate portion toward a base 54 of the leg 24, where the base 54 of the leg 24 is configured to rest on a surface 55 supporting the burner stand 12. The base 54 may be a rounded curved portion of the leg 24 formed at a bend of the leg 24 at which the leg 24 transition to extending inward in the direction from the first end 24a to the second end 24b of the leg 24. An elongate portion of the legs 24 extends from the bend or curve forming or proximate the base 54 to a further bend at which a second vertical elongate portion of the legs 24 extending parallel to the central body 22 (e.g., and the first vertical elongate portion) is engaged with the grate 26. Other suitable configurations of the legs are contemplated.

The flame deflector 38 may be coupled to or relative to the central body 22. In some cases, the flame deflector 38 may be coupled to the central body 22 such that the flame deflector 38 may rotate relative to the central body 22. In one example coupling configuration, a coupling tube 48 may be secured to (e.g., secured in any suitable securing manner discussed herein or otherwise) an outer surface of the central body 22 and a handle 50 coupled to (e.g., rigidly secured to) the flame deflector 38 may extend through the coupling tube 48 such that the flame deflector 38 is coupled to the coupling tube 48 and the central body 22, while being able to rotate with the handle 50 relative to the coupling tube 48 and the central body 22.

In some cases, the coupling tube 48 may be configured to extend longitudinally above and radially outward from the second end 22b of the central body 22. When so configured, a bottom surface of the flame deflector 38 may rest against the coupling tube 48 with the bottom surface of the flame deflector spaced longitudinally above the second end 22b of the central body 22. When so positioned, the handle 50 may be manipulated (e.g., rotated) to move the flame deflector 38 between a position centered over the central body 22 to a position that does not extend over the central body 22.

The heat deflector 34 may be configured to be releasably coupled with and/or secured to the legs 24 at a suitable location below the central body 22, where the heat deflector 34 is configured to direct heat propagating toward the surface 55 on which the burner stand 12 is supported radially outward. The heat deflector 34 may include one or more slots 56 for receiving or engaging the legs 24. In some examples, the heat deflector 34 may include a slot 56 for each leg 24 of the burner stand 12, where each slot 56 is configured to individually engage one leg 24. As such, when the burner stand 12 includes four legs 24, the heat deflector 34 may include four slots 56. In one example configuration, the slot 56 of the heat deflector 34 may be at least partially defined by one or more arms 58 that may engage a received leg 24 with a friction fit (e.g., as depicted in FIG. 2), a snap fit, and/or other suitable coupling technique or configuration to prevent or mitigate unintended separation of the heat deflector 34 from the legs 24. In some cases, the arms 58 may be configured to flex to receive and/or engage the leg 24. In another example configuration, the slot 56 may include an arm that forms a hook, where the legs 24 may be received in associated slots 56 and once the legs 24 are received, the heat deflector 34 may be rotated and released to secure the heat deflector 34 about the legs 24 and prevent or mitigate unintended separation of the heat deflector 34 from the legs 24.

FIG. 3 depicts a schematic side view of the illustrative burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 2, but rotated forty-five (45) degrees to the left relative to the view in FIG. 2. As can be seen more clearly than in FIG. 2, the second end 32b of the fuel nozzle 32 may be centrally positioned within or under the central body 22, such that a flame from ignited fuel may flow upward and out of the second end 22b of the central body toward the grate 26. Other suitable configurations of the fuel nozzle 32 relative to the central body 22 are contemplated.

As depicted in FIG. 3, the handle 50 is turned to the left and the flame deflector 38 may be positioned over the central body 22 to deflect a flame and/or heat extending out of the second end 22b of the central body. The handle 50 may be rotated to the right to adjust the flame deflector 38 such that it no longer is configured to deflect the flame and/or change an and/or change amount of or direction of the flame deflection.

FIG. 4 depicts a schematic bottom view of the illustrative burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 depicts the burner stand 12 with four legs 24, where the four legs 24 are each engaged with a lot 56 of the heat deflector 34 and a leg opening 42 of the baffle 36, as discussed herein.

FIG. 5 depicts a schematic top view of the illustrative burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 2. As depicted in FIG. 5, the object supports 30 may align with the legs 24, but this is not required and the object supports 30 may be spaced along the ring 28 of the grate 26 at one or more locations between the legs 24, as desired. Although other configurations are contemplated, the central opening 40 of the baffle 36 may be shaped similarly to a shape of the flame deflector 38 to facilitate receiving the flame deflector 38 through the central opening 40. For example, where the flame deflector 38 has a square shape with rounded corners, the central opening 40 may have a square shape with rounded corners, as depicted in FIG. 5, but this is not required.

FIGS. 6A and 6B depict schematic side views of the burner system depicted in FIG. 1, where the flame deflector 38 is depicted as being adjustable to change the shape or intensity of the flame 60 configured to heat an object supported by the grate 26. In FIG. 6A, the handle 50 is depicted in a first position (e.g., rotated to the left in FIG. 6A). With the handle 50 in the first position, the flame deflector 38 is positioned over the central body 22 and the flame 60 is spread out around the edges of the flame deflector 38 to provide a wide flame 60 to an object supported by the object supports 30 of the grate 26. In FIG. 6B, the handle 50 is depicted as being adjusted from the first position to a second position (e.g., rotated to the right in FIG. 6B). With the handle 50 in the second position, the flame deflector 38 is no longer positioned over the central body 22, but is rather to the side of the central body and the flame 60 is narrower than in FIG. 6A to provide a narrow flame 60 an object supported by the object supports 30.

FIG. 7 depicts an illustrative exploded view of the knock-down or separable components of the burner stand 12. To facilitate disassembling and assembling the burner stand 12, at least the central body (e.g., with the legs 24 and the fuel nozzle 32), the grate 26, the heat deflector 34, the baffle 36, and the flame deflector 38 (e.g., with the handle 50) may be separable to break-down and transport and/or store the burner stand 12 as desired.

As discussed, the burner stand 12 may include separable components configured to facilitate knocking or breaking down the burner stand 12 for transport and/or for other purposes. FIGS. 8A-8F depict schematic views of steps of an illustrative method of forming or assembling the burner stand 12 after the separable components thereof have been separated.

FIG. 8A depicts the central body 22, the legs 24, and the flame deflector 38 adjustably coupled to the central body 22, as discussed herein. The legs 24 may be rotated relative to one another and the central body 22 to a collapsed configuration, as depicted in FIG.8A.

FIG. 8B depicts the legs 24 coupled to the central body 22 adjusted to a burner stand support configuration, where the legs 24 are equally spaced or substantially equally spaced to support the burner stand on a surface. To adjust the legs 24 from the collapsed configuration depicted in FIG. 8A to the support configuration depicted in FIG. 8B, at least a second leg 24´´ of the legs 24 may be rotated relative to the central body 22 to a position at which a first plane extending longitudinally along the central body 22 extends centrally through a first leg 24´ and the second leg 24´´ and at least a fourth leg 24´´´´ of the legs 24 may be rotated relative to the central body 22 to a position at which a second plane extending longitudinally along the central body 22 extends centrally through a third leg 24´´´ and the fourth leg 24´´´´. In the configuration depicted in FIG. 8B, the first plane may cross the second plane at the central body 22 (e.g., at a central axis of the central body 22). Other suitable configurations are contemplated.

Once the legs 24 are positioned in a support position, each of the first leg 24´, the second leg 24´´, the third leg 24´´´, and the fourth leg 24´´´´ may be extend through leg openings 42 of the baffle 36 and the baffle 36 may rest on the legs 24, as depicted in FIG. 8C. Further, the central body 22 and the flame deflector 38 may be inserted through the central opening 40 of the baffle 36. Although other components may be added to the burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 8C, the burner stand 12 may be coupled with a fuel source and fuel provided to the burner stand 12 may be ignited once legs 24 are in the support configuration and/or the baffle 36 has been applied to the legs 24.

The grate 26 may be applied to the second ends 24b of the legs 24, as depicted in FIG. 8D. In some examples, the leg coupling components 52 of the grate 26 may slide over the second ends of the legs 24 that have extended through the baffle 36 and may be secured relative to the legs. The leg coupling components 52 and the grate 26 may be secured relative to the legs 24 by tightening the set screws 53 through the leg coupling components 52 until the set screws 53 are securely engaged with the legs 24 received within the leg coupling components 52. The grate 26 may be secured to or relative to the legs 24 in one or more suitable manners.

Further, the heat deflector 34 may be applied to one or more of the legs 24 at a location between the first end of the legs and the second end of the legs, as depicted in FIG. 8E. In one example, the slots 56 of the heat deflector 34 may be aligned with the legs and fitted (e.g., press fit) onto the legs by applying a force on the heat deflector 34 in a direction of the central body 22 to create a friction fit between the arms 58 of the heat deflector and the legs 24. The heat deflector 34 may be coupled to legs in one or more other suitable manners. In some cases, the burner stand 12 may be flipped over relative to the position of the burner stand 12 in FIGS. 8C and 8D, as depicted in FIG. 8E, to facilitate applying the heat deflector 34 to the legs 24, but this is not required.

FIG. 8F depicts the burner stand 12 in a fully assembled, upright position relative to the positioning of the burner stand 12 depicted in FIG. 8E. The burner stand 12 may be coupled with a fuel source via a fuel line, as desired and discussed herein or otherwise.

Although various orders of assembly or forming are discussed herein, other suitable orders of assembly or forming are contemplated. The above discussed steps may be reversed to facilitate disassembling or collapsing the burner stand 12, as desired.

It should be understood that this disclosure is, in many respects, only illustrative. Changes may be made in details, particularly in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of steps without exceeding the scope of the disclosure. This may include, to the extent that it is appropriate, the use of any of the features of one example embodiment being used in other embodiments. The disclosure’s scope is, of course, defined in the language in which the appended claims are expressed.