ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,041, issued on Aug. 25.
"Firestarter device" was invented by Scott J. Swanson (Pecatonica, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firestarter includes an integral block of wood of six sides. A slat and groove portion extends from an outermost bottom surface of a bottom side towards a top wall of the top side. The slat and groove portion includes a plurality of slats and a plurality of grooves. Each slat of the plurality of slats has a slat width and each groove of the plurality of grooves has a groove width. The slat width and the groove width are the same. The plurality of grooves extend through the front side, the back side and the ...