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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US);
Richard J. Uriarte, Danville, CA (US);
William R. Ouellette, Livermore, CA (US);
Andrew J. Skulan, Plesanton, CA (US);
Andrew L. Leppla, Durham, NC (US);
Jennifer R. Finigan, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael J. Petrin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Marisa MacNaughtan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Timothy Mui, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roger V. Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A combustible charcoal igniting device may include first elongate grid members generally parallel to one another when the device is in an uncollapsed configuration and second elongate grid members generally parallel to one another and transverse relative to the first elongate grid members when the device is in the uncollapsed configuration. The first and second elongate grid members define chimney cells on or above which charcoal briquets may be placed for ignition. The elongate grid members may comprise a combustible material that can be ignited and that will continue to bum, igniting charcoal briquets placed on the chimney cells. The first elongate grid members may include creases that align with one another, so that the device is collapsible from opposed sides towards a crease line defined by the creases to reduce the length of the device when in a collapsed configuration.