ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,533, issued on May 27, was assigned to Burch Barrel LLC (King of Prussia, Pa.).
"Modular grill and burn barrel" was invented by Robert L. Burch II (King of Prussia, Pa.), Andrew Jordan (Wilmington, Del.) and Alexander Undi (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container suitable for capturing fire, said container comprising an outer housing having an open top and a closed bottom, an inner fire-containing receptacle fitting within the outer housing, a grate, and means to raise or lower one of the grate or fire-containing receptacle, said container comprising a lid fashioned to engage with the open top of the outer h...