Folding stove platform

Abstract

A portable cooking stove for use with portable gas canister and burner assemblies, the stove having a base portion with at least one opening therein for mounting a burner element to the stove, oppositely oriented side walls and an intermediate side wall extending between the oppositely oriented walls wherein the oppositely oriented side walls and the intermediate side are selectively movably relative to each other and the base portion between open and closed positions.

1 . A portable cooking stove for use with portable gas canister and burner assemblies, the stove comprising a base portion having at least one opening therein for mounting a burner element to the stove, a pair of oppositely oriented side walls mounted at opposite ends of an intermediate side wall extending there between, the oppositely oriented side walls and the intermediate side wall being selectively movably between upright and open orientations relative to the base portion when the stove is in use and closed overlaying relationship generally parallel to the base portion when the stove is collapsed for transport. 
     
     
         2 . The portable cooking stove of  claim 1  wherein fasteners are provided to secure the oppositely oriented side walls to the intermediate side wall when in the upright and open orientation. 
     
     
         3 . The portable cooking stove of  claim 1  wherein the oppositely oriented side walls and the intermediate side wall are connected to one another with hinges.