ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,144, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Solo Brands LLC (Grapevine, Texas).
"Combustible fuel burning fire pit" was invented by Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, Texas) and Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire pit a removable fire grate and a removable ash pan. The removable fire grate is positioned within a burn chamber and supports combustible fuel for burning. The removable fire grate includes a plurality of holes sized to permit passage of ash from the combustible fuel, and at least one grip feature sized and shaped to permit a user to remove the removable fire grate from the fire pit by l...