Claims
- 1. A fireplace log of ignition source which may also be used alone as an artificial fireplace log, comprising:
- a synthetic log of flammable material of generally elongate shape;
- a plurality of elongate, flexible, flammable ignition elements, each extending substantially perpendicularly outward from said log, each comprising:
- a) an elongate, flexible member; and
- b) a filament member surrounding said flexible member, said filament member impregnated with a flammable material;
- wherein said flexible member is adapted to maintain said filament member in a desired fixed position after ignition thereof and when burning.
- 2. The fireplace log as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible member is a metallic wire.
- 3. The fireplace log as claimed in claim 1:
- said synthetic log having a periphery;
- said ignition elements each having two distal ends, each of which extends substantially perpendicularly outward from said log;
- said ignition elements over a region thereof intermediate said distal ends contacting a portion of the periphery of said log and grippingly engaging the log.
- 4. The fireplace log as claimed in claim 3, said flexible member biased so as to grippingly engage the log about a substantial portion of its periphery.
- 5. A fireplace log ignition source which may also be used alone as an artificial fireplace log, comprising:
- a synthetic log of flammable material of generally elongate shape;
- a plurality of elongate, flexible, and flammable ignition elements, each extending substantially outwardly from said log in a substantially perpendicular manner and possessing a flexible wire surrounded by a thread, said thread coated with a flammable material; and
- said wire being non-flammable and adapted to maintain said ignition element in a desired fixed position after ignition thereof and when burning.
- 6. The fireplace log as claimed in claimed in claim 5;
- said ignition elements having two distal ends, each of which extends substantially outwardly from said log in a substantially perpendicular manner;
- said ignition elements over a region intermediate their distal ends contacting a portion of a periphery of said log and grippingly engaging the log.
- 7. The fireplace log as claimed in claim 6, wherein each wire is resiliently biased so as to force the ignition element to grippingly engage a substantial portion of the periphery of the log.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/520,062 filed Apr. 28, 1995, for a "FIREPLACE LOG IGNITION SOURCE AND ARTIFICIAL FIREPLACE LOG", now abandoned.
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