Portable stove with gimbal mounting

Claim 1

Gimbal mounting means for a portable stove of the type that comprises a pressurized fuel container having an outlet nipple at an upper end thereof, a burner spaced above said nipple and coaxially connected therewith, and means for supporting a cooking vessel over said burner to be heated by a flame thereat, said gimbal mounting means providing for detachable connection of said stove to a structural member such as a boat bulkhead and enabling the stove to remain upright notwithstanding substantial tilting of the structural member, said mounting means being characterized by: A. a shaft having a head on a rear end thereof; B. a plate-like member securable to a structural member and having front and rear surfaces, and further having (1) a hole through which said head can pass for engagement against said rear surface and through which the shaft can project forwardly with its rear end confined against upward and sideward movement by edge portions that said hole defines, and (2) a plurality of vertically elongated hook receiving apertures; C. a bracket cooperable with said plate-like member to support the shaft in rotatable forwardly projecting relation to said plate-like member, said bracket having (1) a top surface upon which the shaft rests, (2) a pair of opposing abutments projecting above said top surface and between which the shaft is closely receivable, and (3) a plurality of rearwardly and downwardly projecting hooks that are receivable in said apertures and engageable with said plate-like member to detachably connect the bracket thereto; D. a pivot member having an aperture that provides for its coaxial securement to said nipple and having a pair of trunnions which are spaced to opposite sides of said aperture and are coaxial with one another; and E. a substantially U-shaped yoke on the front end of the shaft having forwardly projecting legs which are spaced laterally in opposite directions from the shaft axis and in each of which there is an upwardly opening transversely extending groove wherein one of said trunnions is receivable for supporting the stove to swing about the mutually perpendicular axes of said trunnions and of the shaft.