Fireplace insert

Abstract

An upper support structure has a plurality of spaced apart ribs for supporting fuel and allowing ash to fall between the ribs. A frame supports the upper support structure. A drawer is slidably received in the frame, the drawer having a floor with a plurality of support structures attached thereto and extending upwardly therefrom to define air flow spaces above the floor.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fireplace insert comprising:
 an upper support structure having a plurality of spaced apart ribs for supporting fuel and allowing ash to fall between the ribs;   a frame supporting the upper support structure; and   a drawer that is received in the frame, the drawer having a floor with a plurality of support members extending upwardly therefrom to define air flow spaces above the floor.   
     
     
         2 . The fireplace insert of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spaced apart support ribs each comprise a front angled upright and a rear angled upright joined to a middle member. 
     
     
         3 . The fireplace insert of  claim 2 , wherein the middle member of each of the plurality of support ribs joins to the frame. 
     
     
         4 . The fireplace insert of  claim 3 , wherein the frame comprises at least one transverse member joining to each of the plurality of support ribs. 
     
     
         5 . The fireplace insert of  claim 4 , wherein the frame comprises a pair of transverse members, each joined to each of the plurality of support ribs. 
     
     
         6 . The fireplace insert of  claim 5 , wherein each of the transverse members has a pair of spaced apart legs. 
     
     
         7 . The fireplace insert of  claim 6 , further comprising a pair of drawer slides, wherein one drawer slide is affixed between each respective pair of legs of the pair of transverse members. 
     
     
         8 . The fireplace insert of  claim 7 , further comprising at least one guide member extending from the drawer into a guide channel defined in at least one of the pair of drawer slides. 
     
     
         9 . The fireplace insert of  claim 8 , further comprising a front handle and a rear handle affixed to the drawer. 
     
     
         10 . The fireplace insert of  claim 9 , wherein the guide member extends from the handle. 
     
     
         11 . The fireplace insert of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer further comprises a pair of paced apart side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, all bounding the floor. 
     
     
         12 . The fireplace insert of  claim 11 , wherein the front wall has a fairing extending upwardly therefrom and angling away from the floor. 
     
     
         13 . The fireplace insert of  claim 11 , wherein the rear wall is angled away from the floor. 
     
     
         14 . The fireplace insert of  claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of elongate members extending upwardly from the floor. 
     
     
         15 . A fireplace insert comprising:
 a frame having a plurality of attached spaced apart ribs each with an upwardly extending front support members and an upwardly extending rear support member joined to a medial portion; and   a drawer received in the frame below the plurality of spaced apart ribs, the drawer providing a floor with a plurality of fire starter support members and defining an ash receptacle.   
     
     
         16 . The fireplace insert of  claim 15 , wherein the drawer provides a front wall having a fascia angled to match an angle of the upwardly extending front support members. 
     
     
         17 . The fireplace insert of  claim 16  wherein the frame further comprises a pair of spaced apart frame supports each having a transverse member extending over the drawer with each transverse member joining to each of the plurality of spaced apart ribs at the medial portion thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The fireplace insert of  claim 17 , wherein the transverse members are each supported by a pair of legs, each leg extending downward to join one of a pair of drawer slides receiving the drawer below the support ribs. 
     
     
         19 . A fireplace insert comprising:
 a frame having front and rear transverse members, each supported by a pair of legs joining to one of a pair of spaced apart drawer slides;   a plurality of fuel support ribs each joined to the front and rear transverse members along a medial portion thereof, and each having a front upright member and a rear upright member joined to the medial portion thereof;   a drawer having spaced apart sidewalls, a front wall, and a rear wall bounding a floor and thereby defining an ash receptacle; and   a plurality of support members creating an air flow space above the floor.   
     
     
         20 . The fireplace insert of  claim 19 , further comprising a removable tray in the receptacle, the plurality of support members being affixed to the tray.