Patents Assigned to Metal-Tech Design, LLC
  • Patent number: 5979434
    Abstract: A wind blocking device having a heat reflective interior for protecting a user from exposure to wind while concurrently providing heat reflection from a campfire or other associated energy source. The device includes a foldable array of panel members laterally coupled and hinged to adjacent panel members at lateral points of attachment. The array of panels may accordingly be unfolded into a vertical panel array having an interior containment surface of generally concave configuration. An opposing, generally convex exterior wind blocking surface of the array of panels shields the user from wind chill and loss of heat by radiation. A plurality of ground support panels are coupled to a base edge of the panel array with hinge means for enabling the ground support panels to be extended at right angles to provide a stable support platform to maintain the array of panels in an assembled, vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Metal-Tech Design, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Bilanzich