ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,242, issued on July 29.
"Wood-burning reduced smoke indoor-outdoor moveable fire pit" was invented by Dale Alan Poteet (Crossville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a fire pit which includes at least three legs, a welded pipe cap base, a lower rail, a lower frame flange, a lower spark screen keeper, a reflector/spark screen, and upper spark screen keeper, an upper frame flange, an upper rail, a coil spring upper rail bumper, and a damper lid. The invention comprises an all-metal, wood-burning, reduced smoke, increased efficiency, essentially flame-contained, spark-suppressed, enhanced safety fire pit/firep...