Self-Lighting Firewood Stack With Handle

Abstract

A portable firewood stack is described, the firewood stack designed o be easily transportable and possessing all the elements necessary for a good fire. The firewood stack is composed of a pyramidal stack of wood logs, a base made of compressed paper, and a cone of starter material placed on the base placed directly under the stack of firewood A fire can be easily started by means of igniting the starter material and allowing the base and wood stack to catch fire because of the chimney effect of the wood stack. The entire package will be consumed, except for any staples or nails used to attach the pieces, leaving only ashes to be cleaned up.

1 . A portable firewood stack, the firewood stack comprised of a plurality of firewood pieces, a firewood attachment means, a base, a handle, and a starter material cone,
 the firewood pieces comprised of a material selected from the group of wood, wood products, and compressed paper,   the firewood pieces each in a roughly cylindrical shape,   the firewood attachment means a means of fixedly attaching the firewood pieces to each other such that the stack of firewood pieces forms a roughly pyramidal shape,   the base a flat piece of material to which the bottom of the firewood stack is fixedly attached with a base attachment means,   the base comprised of material selected from the group of paper, compressed paper or cardboard,   the handle a flexible length of material that is fixedly attached with a handle attachment means to the top of the firewood stack at two points,   the handle comprised of a material selected from the group of rope, string, and combustible plastic,   the starter material cone a cone shaped body comprised of industry-standard starter material such that when the starter material cone is ignited, the starter material cone burns continuously with a hot flame,   the starter material cone fixedly attached by a cone attachment means to the center of the base such that the starter material cone rests directly underneath the center of the firewood stack.   
     
     
         2 . A portable firewood stack as in  claim 1  where the firewood attachment means is selected from the group of glue, staples and nails. 
     
     
         3 . A portable firewood stack as in  claim 1  where the base attachment means is selected from the group of glue, staples and nails. 
     
     
         4 . A portable firewood stack as in  claim 1  where the handle attachment means is selected from the group of glue, staples and nails. 
     
     
         5 . A portable firewood stack as in  claim 1  where the cone attachment means is selected from the group of glue, staples and nails. 
     
     
         6 . A method of using a portable firewood stack as in  claim 1 , comprised of the steps of
 obtaining a portable firewood stack,   transporting the portable firewood stack by means of the handle to a suitable location for safely making a fire, such as a fireplace, a campsite, and the like,   placing the portable firewood stack on a level surface,   igniting the starter material cone with a match, lighter, or other means of ignition.