Stoves and like apparatus operating with liquefied gas

Claim 1

A PORTABLE APPARATUS OF THE KIND USING A LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL GAS CARTRIDGE HAVING A FIRST END AND A SECOND END, WITH SAID SECOND END OF RECESSED SHAPE DEFINING AN INNER SPACE; A SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF AN INVERTED CUP TO RECEIVE THE FIRST END OF SAID CARTRIDGE; STIRRUPS HINGED TO SAID SUPPORT, EACH COMPRISING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED BRANCHES AND A TRANSVERSE BRANCH COOPERATING WITH THE SECOND END OF SAID CARTRIDGE TO RETAIN THE FIRST END THEREOF ENGAGED IN SAID SUPPORT, SAID TRANSVERSE BRANCH HAVING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE INNER SPACE DEFINED BY SAID RECESSED SECOND END OF SAID CARTRIDGE; AND MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT TO ACT ON THE UPPER END OF SAID CARTRIDGE TO POSITIVELY APPLY THE LOWER END THEREOF AGAINST THE TRANSVERSE BRANCH OF EACH OF SAID STIRRUPS TO LATCH THE INWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID TRANSVERSE BRANCH IN THE INNER SPACE DEFINED BY THE RECESSED SECOND END OF SAID CARTRIDGE AND TO THEREBY PREVENT SAID STIRRUPS FROM BEING SWUNG OUTWARDLY TO LIBERATE SAID CARTRIDGE.