ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,337, issued on May 19.

"Portable wood stove" was invented by Peiwu Wu (Wuhu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present disclosure is a portable wood stove, including a foldable main unit, a top plate, and a base. The main unit is composed of a plurality of groups of mounting plates that are adjacently connected and mutually rotate. An upper end, a hollow chamber and a lower end of the main unit run through one another. When the main unit is in a completely folded state, the hollow chamber inside forms a first storage chamber. When the top plate and the base are placed in the first storage chamber, at least a portio...