Gas Adapter for Wood Fire Pit

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a gas burner adapter in a wood fire pit, comprising: a burner; a connector removably connected to a bummer configured to transit through a narrow opening at the bottom of a wood fire pit; and a connection to a gas source.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) A gas adapter system for an existing wood burning fire pit, the fire pit having at least three walls forming a pit structure with an open top configured to hold wood fuels, the gas adapter system comprising:
 a. A burner for use with gas configured to fit within the fire pit structure defined by the walls, the burner having a plurality of burner holes for gas to exit and one inlet for gas to enter, the burner replacing the wood fuels;   b. A plate, the plate supporting the burner, the plate adapted with an opening, the opening allowing the passage of an upper connector for supplying gas to the burner;
 i. wherein the upper connector has two ends; the first end is configured to be removably coupled to the burner inlet, the second end of the upper connector configured to transit through a narrow opening in the fire pit, the upper connector second end is adapted with a quick-coupling fitting, the narrow opening being an existing gap in the structure of the fire pit, the upper connector being sufficiently long to allow the burner to rest on the plate, the upper connector second end protruding under the fire pit; 
   c. A lower connector adapted with a quick-coupling fitting configured to couple to the upper connector quick-coupling fitting, the lower connector adapted to couple with a gas source to convert the wood fire pit to burn gas in lieu of wood fuels, the conversion being reversible to allow the wood fire pit to interchange between burning gas or wood fuel.   
       Narrow segment outer diameter 
     
     
         2 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The lower connector is adapted with a narrow segment, the outer diameter of the narrow segment being between 0.6 centimeters to 1.5 centimeters.   
       Narrow segment length 
     
     
         3 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 2 , wherein:
 a. The lower connector is adapted with a narrow segment, the length of the narrow segment being between 2 centimeters to 10 centimeters.   
       Upper connector and lower connector are coaxially aligned 
     
     
         4 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The length of the upper connector and the length of the lower connector are coaxially aligned along a gas adapter axis.   
       Burner inlet, upper connector, lower connector are coaxially aligned 
     
     
         5 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 4 , wherein:
 a. The central conduit of the burner, the length of the upper connector, and the length of the lower connector are coaxially aligned along the gas adapter axis which passes through the narrow opening in the fire pit.   
       Pit with four walls, plate rectangularly shaped 
     
     
         6 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The fire pit has four walls and the plate is rectangularly shaped, the plate has bent edges, when the gas adapter is installed in the fire pit the plate makes contact with the fire pit walls.   
       Pit with four walls, plate square shaped 
     
     
         7 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 6 , wherein:
 a. The fire pit has four walls and the plate is square shaped, the plate has bent edges, when the gas adapter is installed in the fire pit the plate makes contact with the fire pit walls.   
       Hexagonal plate opening 
     
     
         8 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The plate opening is hexagonally shaped.   
       Burner is circularly 
     
     
         9 ) The gas adapter of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The burner is circularly shaped.   
       Angled burner holes 
     
     
         10 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. A plurality of burner holes are angled burner holes.   
       Two-piece upper connector 
     
     
         11 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1  wherein:
 a. The upper connector comprises an air mixer attached to a quick-coupler. 
 
       Locking quick coupling fitting 
     
     
         12 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1  wherein:
 a. The quick-coupling fitting on the lower connector is a locking quick-coupling fitting. 
 
       Natural Gas 
     
     
         13 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The gas adapter is configured to function with natural gas.   
       Propane 
     
     
         14 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The gas adapter is configured to function with propane gas.   
       Flared seating surface 
     
     
         15 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The burner inlet is adapted with a flared seating surface, and the upper connector first end is adapted with a flared seating surface, the burner inlet flared seating surface configured to contact and seal against the burner inlet flared seating surface.   
       Accessory fitting 
     
     
         16 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The burner is configured with an accessory fitting, the accessory fitting being a pocket in the exterior surface of the burner, the accessory fitting configured to couple with an accessory.   
       Plate angle 
     
     
         17 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The assembled gas adapter has a plate angle of between 35-degrees to 55-degrees.   
       Adapter depth 
     
     
         18 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The assembled gas adapter has an adapter depth of between 13 centimeters to 30 centimeters.   
       Adapter width 
     
     
         19 ) The gas adapter system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. The assembled gas adapter has a plate width of between 22 centimeters to 60 centimeters.   
       Method claim 
     
     
         20 ) A method of assembling and inserting the system of  claim 1  in an existing wood burning fire pit to add the ability for the fire pit to burn gases while preserving the ability of the wood fire pit to revert to wood fuels, wherein the components of the system are a burner, a plate, an upper connector, and a lower connector, the method comprising:
 a. Coupling the upper connector to the burner, the burner having a plurality of burner holes for gas to exit and one inlet for gas to enter; 
 b. Inserting the upper connector through an opening in the plate, the plate horizontally supporting the burner, the plate incorporating an opening, the opening allowing the passage of an upper connector for supplying gas to the burner; 
 c. Inserting the upper connector through a gap in the fire pit until the plate contacts the walls of the fire pit, the burner contacting the plate, the connector protruding under the fire pit, wherein the upper connector has two ends; the first end is configured to be removably coupled to the burner inlet, the second end of the upper connector is configured to transit through a narrow opening in the fire pit, the upper connector second end is adapted with an upper connector quick-coupling fitting, the narrow opening being an existing gap in the structure of the fire pit, the upper connector being sufficiently long to allow the burner to rest horizontally on the plate, the upper connector second end protruding under the fire pit; and 
 d. Coupling the upper connector to the lower connector, the lower connector adapted with a quick-coupling fitting configured to couple to the upper connector quick-coupling fitting, the lower connector adapted to couple with a gas source to convert the wood fire pit to burn gas in lieu of wood fuels, the conversion being reversible to allow the wood fire pit to interchange between gas or wood fuel.