Outdoor fireplace with ash drawer

Abstract

An outdoor fireplace including a combustion chamber that has a top portion and an ash drawer forming the floor. The ash drawer includes a planar bottom and a plurality of side walls disposed around the periphery of the planar bottom. As such, the ash drawer is configured to receive and hold combustion by-products. The outdoor fireplace also includes a base with an upper portion and a support structure. The upper portion is connected to the top portion of the combustion chamber and is configured to slidably receive the ash drawer. As such, the ash drawer can be slidably removed from the outdoor fireplace to remove the by-products of combustion.

Therefore, having thus described the invention, at least the following is claimed:  
     
         1 . An outdoor fireplace comprising: 
 a combustion chamber having a top portion and an ash drawer, said ash drawer including a planar bottom and a plurality of side walls disposed around a periphery of said planar bottom; and    a base, said base including an upper portion and a support structure, wherein said upper portion is configured to slidably receive said ash drawer such that said ash drawer can be slidably removed from said outdoor fireplace and said upper portion is connected to said top portion by a plurality of substantially vertical supports.    
     
     
         2 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of side walls further comprises an outer wall of said base.  
     
     
         3 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 1 , wherein said base further includes a plurality of support members disposed such that an air passage is formed between said upper portion and an underlying support surface.  
     
     
         4 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 1 , wherein said combustion chamber further includes one or more access doors.  
     
     
         5 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 4 , wherein at least one of said one or more access doors is configured such that fluid communication between an environment surrounding said outdoor fireplace and said combustion chamber exists.  
     
     
         6 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 5 , wherein a portion of said at least one of said one or more access doors is screen.  
     
     
         7 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 6 , wherein each of said one or more access doors includes a handle.  
     
     
         8 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 1 , wherein said base includes at least one aperture and said access door includes at least one pin, said at least one pin being disposed along a bottom portion of said one or more access doors for engaging said aperture.  
     
     
         9 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 8 , wherein said base is rectangular and further comprises two apertures disposed on each side of said ash drawer, each of said said apertures configured to receive two pins on each of said one or more access doors.  
     
     
         10 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 8 , wherein said substantially vertical supports are configured such that each of said one or more access doors is held in a position contacting two adjacent substantially vertical supports by a force of gravity.  
     
     
         11 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 10 , wherein said pin is configured such that said access door can be tilted away from said substantially vertical supports and supported in an angled disposition relative to said substantially vertical supports, thereby allowing access to said combustion chamber.  
     
     
         12 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 11 , wherein each of said at least one pin is a plate like structure.  
     
     
         13 . The outdoor fireplace of claim of  claim 1 , wherein said base further includes a foot rail disposed around said combustion chamber.  
     
     
         14 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 2 , further including a foot rail disposed around said combustion chamber and consisting of a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being attached to said base and said second portion being attached to said one of said plurality of side walls.  
     
     
         15 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 1 , wherein said top portion is perforated.  
     
     
         16 . An outdoor fireplace comprising: 
 a combustion chamber having a top portion and an ash drawer, said top portion being rectangular;    a base including an upper portion and a support structure, said upper portion being rectangular and having larger dimensions than said top portion, wherein said upper portion and said top portions are connected by substantially vertical supports disposed at each corner of said upper and top portions; and    a foot rail disposed on said base, wherein said foot rail is configured such that a user of said fireplace may position their feet in close proximity to said combustion chamber for warmth and drying.    
     
     
         17 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 16 , wherein said ash drawer further includes a rectangular, planar bottom and four side walls disposed along a periphery of said planar bottom, and wherein said upper portion is configured to slidably receive said ash drawer.  
     
     
         18 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 17 , said combustion chamber further including at least one access door including at least one pin configured to be received by a correlating at least one aperture in said base.  
     
     
         19 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 17 , wherein said upper portion further includes a bottom surface.  
     
     
         20 . The outdoor fireplace of  claim 19 , wherein said bottom surface is perforated.