Log supporting apparatus for use with fireplace grates

Claim 2

A log supporting apparatus adapted for use with a fireplace grate of a type having a plurality of laterally spaced bars having rear portions thereon and defining a generally horizontally extending platform for supporting combustible logs thereon, said log supporting apparatus comprising a relatively short leg portion and a relatively long leg portion extending from and at a substantially right angle to said short leg portion and defining therewith a substantially L-shaped frame member, bracket means adapted to be removably secured to rear end portions of the bars of the grate, said bracket means having a slot therein adapted to receive therein the rear end portions of the grate bars, bolt means extending through said bracket means and adapted to extend between adjacent bar rear end portions of the grate for securing said bracket means to the grate, and means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means with the short leg portion thereof extending upwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to the generally horizontally extending platform and with said long leg portion of said frame member extending upwardly and forwardly and overlying the platform for supporting other combustible logs thereon, said means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means comprising means for connecting said L-shaped frame member to one side of said bracket means for rearward and forward adjustment thereon relative to the platform and including threaded means for securing said L-shaped frame member in a desired adjusted position relative to said bracket means.

Claim 3

A log supporting apparatus adapted for use with a fireplace grate of a type having a plurality of laterally spaced bars having rear portions thereon and defining a generally horizontally extending platform for supporting combustible logs thereon, said log supporting apparatus comprising a relatively short leg portion and a relatively long leg portion extending from and at a substantially right angle to said short leg portion and defining therewith a substantially L-shaped frame member, bracket means adapted to be removably secured to rear end portions of the bars of the grate, said bracket means comprising a pair of cooperating brackets defining therebetween a slot adapted to receive therein the rear end portions of the grate bars, and bolt means extending through said bracket means and adapted to extend between adjacent bar rear end portions of the grate for securing said bracket means to the grate, and means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means with the short leg portion thereof extending upwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to the generally horizontally extending platform and with said long leg portion of said frame member extending upwardly and forwardly and overlying the platform for supporting other combustible logs thereon, said L-shaped frame member having a plurality of holes therethrough adjacent the juncture of said short and long leg portions thereof, and said means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means comprising bolts carried by at least one of said cooperating brackets and extending through at least selected ones of said holes in said L-shaped frame member for securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means.

Claim 4

A log supporting apparatus adapted for use with a fireplace grate of a type having a plurality of laterally spaced bars having rear portions thereon and defining a generally horizontally extending platform for supporting combustible logs thereon, said log supporting apparatus comprising a relatively short leg portion and a relatively long leg portion extending from and at a substantially right angle to said short leg portion and defining therewith a substantially L-shaped frame member, bracket means adapted to be removably secured to rear end portions of the bars of the grate, said bracket means comprising a pair of cooperating brackets defining therebetween a slot adapted to receive therein the rear end portions of the grate bars, and bolt means extending through said bracket means and adapted to extend between adjacent bar rear end portions of the grate for securing said bracket means to the grate, and means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means with the short leg portion thereof extending upwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to the generally horizontally extending platform and with said long leg portion of said frame member extending upwardly and forwardly and overlying the platform for supporting other combustible logs thereon, said L-shaped frame member having a plurality of holes therethrough adjacent the juncture of said short and long leg portions thereof, and said means for removably securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means comprising bolts carried by at least one of said cooperating brackets and extending through at least selected ones of said holes in said L-shaped frame member for securing said L-shaped frame member to said bracket means.