ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,762, issued on April 21, was assigned to Lamplight Farms Inc. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

"Fire pit fuel pack" was invented by Lucas Henry Zeitler (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Andrew Alan Harmeling (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer wrapper has an outer layer and liner and arranged to form an interior volume. A quantity of fuel pellets is contained within the interior volume and faced by the liner. When ignited the outer wrapper burns away while igniting the quantity of fuel pellets."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2020, under Application No. 16/799,099.

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