ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,496, issued on April 14, was assigned to Quality Craft Industries Inc. (Romeoville, Ill.).
"Assemblable fire pit insert" was invented by Dennis Hale (Willowbrook, Ill.), Marcus W. Bosch (Belding, Mich.), Shelley Nehrt (Barrington, Ill.) and Rolando Hernandez (Oak Lawn, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire pit insert that is constructed to be shipped and sold in a disassembled state and then assembled by the end user is shown and described. The fire pit insert includes a plurality of wall panels that are removably coupled together to define a burn pit. A plurality of rim portions are attachable to the plurality of wall panels. ...