Heating Patents (Class 135/92)
  • Patent number: 11248804
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of the combustion heating stove, and disclosed is a stove including a stove body, an air inlet channel and an exhaust channel. When the stove body is used in an enclosed space, an air inlet end of the air inlet channel is in communication with an outside of the enclosed space, a connection end of the air inlet channel is in communication with an air inlet of the stove body, the air inlet channel is operative to introduce air into the stove body from the outside of the enclosed space; and a connection end of an exhaust channel is in communication with an exhaust port of the stove body, an exhaust end of the exhaust channel is in communication with the outside of the enclosed space, whereby the exhaust channel is operative to discharge exhaust gas in the stove body out of the enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Qiuna Liu, Bo Shi
  • Patent number: 10967204
    Abstract: A system directed to providing a self-contained negative pressure environment (SCONE) to remove airborne particulates emitted from a patient. The system prevents exposure to pathogenic biological airborne particulates during triage, transportation, and treatment, including aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) and end of life care. This system is directed to a collapsible device having a flexible cover covering two support members, with openings in the flexible cover such that medical professionals can reach in and operate within. The present invention is further adaptable to patients and operating environments of various sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SCONE MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Adams, Kristen Adams, Joseph V. Ranalletta, Gonghao Wang
  • Publication number: 20150114439
    Abstract: An inflatable exercise chamber (100) for performing exercise therein, the inflatable exercise chamber comprising (100): one or more walls (102) defining an enclosed space, wherein the wall (102) comprises an inner membrane (110, 210) and an outer membrane (112) defining an inflatable cavity (114) therebetween, wherein the inner membrane (110) of the wall is a gas-permeable membrane (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Hot Pod Yoga Limited
    Inventors: Maxwell Kenneth Henderson, Nicholas John Clinton Higgins
  • Publication number: 20150087893
    Abstract: A float tent can include: a frame having a pool frame portion with a tent frame portion thereof over the pool frame portion; a tent having the tent frame portion, the tent having a closable opening; and a pool having the pool frame portion, the pool having pool sides dimensioned to hold at least 8 inches of water and having a pool base dimension sufficient for a person to lay in the pool without touching pool sides. The tent can include tent walls having an angle that inhibits condensation drip, the angle being with respect to the pool base, such as at least 4.5 degrees. The tent can include a material that is opaque. The float tent can include a heater configured to heat the water to skin temperature of the person. The float tent can include a water circulation pump and filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Zen Float Co. LLC
    Inventors: William Charles Hill, Shane Jospeh Stott, Sean Gale Stott
  • Publication number: 20150027505
    Abstract: An emergency shelter including a support frame and an outer covering. The covering includes an upper panel positioned on top of the frame, and a side panel wrapped around the frame. The upper panel has at least one downwardly extending flap with one or more fasteners. The side panel has an upper edge portion with one or more fasteners removably fastened to the fastener(s) of the at least one downwardly extending flap. Optionally, a lower panel having at least one upwardly extending flap with one or more fasteners is positioned under the frame. The side panel may have a lower edge portion with one or more fasteners removably fastened to the fastener(s) of the at least one upwardly extending flap of the lower panel. One or more packs configured to change a temperature inside the shelter relative to a temperature outside the shelter may be placed inside the shelter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Shields Products Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee Thompson
  • Patent number: 8925564
    Abstract: A portable steam sauna includes a collapsible canopy which can be deployed in a use or storage configuration, allowing for easy deployment and transportation. The collapsible canopy has two flexible poles which provide a framework to the collapsible canopy. The collapsible canopy and flexible poles can be secured to a base sheet, which itself is attached to a flat surface such as a massage table. The collapsible canopy and base sheet each have elastic perimeters which allow them to be stretched over a flat surface, similar to how a sheet is fitted to a mattress. The base sheet includes attachment points which interface with the flexible poles and help to secure the collapsible canopy in a use configuration. Steam is supplied to the canopy by means of a steam generator, steam hose, and a steam connector which is inserted through a steam opening on the collapsible canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Steamflex Corporation
    Inventor: Adina P. Zeldin
  • Publication number: 20140190537
    Abstract: Systems for providing a transportable human heating system include a portable infrared (IR) field tent configured to provide IR heat therapy to a patient in the field. The tent includes a free-standing enclosure having a support structure providing sides and a base. The base defines an open bottom of the enclosure. A flexible surface supported by the support structure forms at least one side wall of the enclosure. At least one side wall of the enclosure includes an openable panel that provides access through the side wall into an interior of the enclosure. The tent includes an IR heating panel secured to an inner surface of the enclosure for heating a patient within the enclosure. A human heating system can optionally include a patient support apparatus, such as a stretcher. An IR field tent can be configured to attach to the apparatus, thus enclosing a patient upon the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Steven J. Benda, Chad Mathew Benda, Robert E. Loukus
  • Publication number: 20110210577
    Abstract: A mobile shelter system having deployed and non-deployed configurations. The shelter system includes a towable trailer and a plurality of functional components for use in the deployed configuration. The functional components include a temperature control unit configured to output one or more of heated and cooled air, and an electric generator configured to provide power to the temperature control unit. In the non-deployed configuration, all of the functional components are positioned on the trailer and the system is configured to be towed over rugged terrain by an off-road vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Rick Cochran, Kyle Affeldt, Philip Cantin, Justin White, Karl Scott, Jeffrey Gates
  • Patent number: 7828002
    Abstract: There is disclosed a combination of a sunshade and a terrace heater with light 1. The combination includes a sunshade/canopy 2 mounted on support rods 4 that may be pivoted between a collapsed and a suspended state. Moreover, the combination includes a light element and a heater element with a lattice cage 9 and a reflector plate 10 disposed above it. The canopy 2 is formed of an annular body with a central aperture where the reflector plate 10 has a size of circumference largely corresponding to the central opening in the canopy. The reflector plate 10 extends over a distance from the lattice cage 9 corresponding to the height of the lattice cage 9. Hereby is formed an interspace 13 for ejecting radiant heat with the canopy in collapsed condition when the support rods 4 are connected with the inner side of the reflector plate 10 via a hinge 5 in a position immediately close to the lattice cage 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Idéen ApS
    Inventor: Peter Christian Boldsen
  • Publication number: 20080276978
    Abstract: The collapsible, heated canopy provides an electrically heated, retractable canopy atop a base that can be placed at the head of a bed. The retractable canopy, when extended, surrounds either side of a head, above the head and the rear of the head when a person rests his/her head inside the canopy. A thermostatic control and power cord are provided. An automatic cutoff of the heated canopy is provided by a sensor that measures ambient temperature and cuts off the system if the ambient temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold within the confines of the canopy. A plush blanket with snaps is provided to fold around and envelop the base with a sleepworthy, comfortable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Sheila A. Roux De La Beaume
  • Patent number: 6679009
    Abstract: A large temporary shelter designed to act as a communication, maintenance, and warehouse facility in all types of climate and terrain. The shelter is engineered for durability, portability, repetitive assembly and disassembly. The shelter includes a plurality of lightweight structural arched frame supports that are easy to assemble and connect to a lightweight, rectangular-shaped base frame temporarily attached to the ground. The shelter also includes a durable outer cover and an inner liner that extends over the outside and inside surfaces of the arched frame supports. The outer cover and inner linings are spaced apart to create duct spaces between the arched frame supports for heating air conditioning. A central attic space is created between the outer cover and the inner linings which creates a large central air space for greater insulation. Formed on one end of the shelter are at least one personnel door and two double-hinged vehicle doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventor: Douglas T. Hotes
  • Patent number: 6510565
    Abstract: A portable and collapsible sauna is provided, including an enclosure adaptable between a collapsed position and an upstanding position and a steam generator. The portable and collapsible sauna is configurable between these two positions by a latch mechanism. In order to achieve the sauna experience, the steam is trapped by the enclosure and the enclosure is adapted to facilitate ingress and egress of a user, while maintaining a seal for the steam. The fully assembled sauna is preferably dimensioned to fit in a standard bathtub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Shane Zwezdaryk
  • Patent number: 6491051
    Abstract: A tent comprising: a) a fabric covering including a plurality of longitudinal walls and end walls, wherein a first longitudinal wall has an opening having around its periphery a panel attachment means and wherein said longitudinal walls are sewn to said end walls; b) a support means positioned in proximity to each of said end walls sufficient to cause said longitudinal walls to form a triangle when affixed to a support means; and c) a panel containing a phase change material sufficient to heat said tent's interior when cold and cool said interior when hot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Carter Pierce, Wanda Lynne Pierce
  • Publication number: 20020083968
    Abstract: A tent comprising: a) a fabric covering including a plurality of longitudinal walls and end walls, wherein a first longitudinal wall has an opening having around its periphery a panel attachment means and wherein said longitudinal walls are sewn to said end walls; b) a support means positioned in proximity to each of said end walls sufficient to cause said longitudinal walls to form a triangle when affixed to a support means; and c) a panel containing a phase change material sufficient to heat said tent's interior when cold and cool said interior when hot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Carter Pierce, Wanda Lynne Pierce
  • Patent number: 6302094
    Abstract: A heat exchanging coil is immersed in water in a heating pod heated over a fire or other heat source. Flexible tubing connected to the coil transmits heated water or other fluid under pressure from a water pump in a reservoir connected to the tubing. Loops of the tubing pass through various items used in outdoor activity including sleeping bags, tents, heaters, bowls, chairs, and even a shower. The heated water is pumped intermittently in a continuously recirculating flow through the system from the heating coil through the item(s) and back again through the heating coil. A timer connected to the pump allows flow of the heated water bolus at any desired timed interval. Alternately, cold water may be circulated through the system for cooling in conditions of extreme heat. Ice or snow or cold water may be used in the heating pod and the pump activated to circulate the chilled water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventors: John D. Wehrly, Agnes A. Wehrly
  • Patent number: 5964233
    Abstract: A patio umbrella that includes a dining table and a fuel-burning radiant heater avoids overheating of the upper canopy by mounting the support on which the upper canopy rests in the shadow cast by a reflector that converges upwardly to a chimney portion. The reflector is affixed to the housing of the combustion chamber. In addition to reflecting radiant heat downwardly onto the table and the diners, the reflector shields the upper canopy support from radiant heat and provides a duct for venting the products of combustion. As the latter pass up through the chimney portion, cooler air is drawn up through the space between the reflector and the upper canopy support thereby preventing hot air from stagnating there. The upper canopy support is mounted to the reflector and spaced above it by a number of insulative ceramic spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventors: Walter B Clark, M. Robert Davis
  • Patent number: 5836331
    Abstract: A ventilation device for tents with at least one roof top (8) and a place for an open fire under this roof top, the tent cloth (4) having an upper boundary (12) at a distance below the apex of this roof top, so that an opening (9) for discharging flue gases coming from a fire is formed at the roof top, comprises a net (10) substantially impervious to insects, which is arranged in said flue gas opening (9) so as to prevent insects from getting into the tent through this opening. The insects net is movably arranged with respect to the frame work of the tent and the device further comprises an arrangement (14, 15, 18) for regulating the degree of the coverage of the flue gas opening by the insects net between a first position substantially entirely covering it and at least a position in which the flue gas opening is at least partially set free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Bengt Grahn
  • Patent number: 5582197
    Abstract: A multi-season, reversible tent adapted to accommodate prevailing solar conditions. Selected walls are constructed to include insulated liners and solar reflective and absorptive surfaces which cooperate with a longitudinal access opening. The walls assemble to an irregular triangular shape and can be reversed to optimally collect and reflect solar and thermal radiation in relation to one or more occupants and the prevailing conditions. Zippered reliefs at the door control the solar exposure of the wall surfaces and facilitate entry and egress. Multi-section, shock corded, end support frames are permanently contained at hemmed edges of the end walls. Adjoining pole ends are hinged to one another and longitudinal poles extend between eyelets at the hinge joints. Removeable cover, screen and window panels are supported to the door periphery. Rotating vents with overlapping apertures control interior temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Inventor: Steven E. Dobberstein
  • Patent number: 5551464
    Abstract: A parasol with heat reflective qualities is disclosed having a roof material constructed such as to have three layers: one layer is a top cover layer made from a translucent material, the middle layer consisting of a metallic material to thereby provide heat reflective qualities, and an under inner cover layer made of a generally opaque nylon material to preclude any light from passing through to the user. These three layers are arrayed upon a parasol or other such frame, either collapsible or rigid in nature. These frames can vary in size and shape responding to the needs of the user or site at which to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Inventor: Carla D. Kelly
  • Patent number: 5216948
    Abstract: A collapsible environmental chamber in which bread dough may be placed during rising, the chamber including umbrella-like ribs between which fabric panels are positioned, each fabric panel having a skirt depending beneath the straight line between adjacent leg ends whereby the chamber in its expanded condition will have a skirt portion lying loosely adjacent a supporting surface to prevent drafts from entering the interior of the chamber during the bread rising process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Michael E. Sheppard
    Inventors: Michael E. Sheppard, Thomas M. Sheppard
  • Patent number: 4844108
    Abstract: A tent supported by a center pole in which the center pole serves as a chimney for a stove disposed within the tent. A water jacket surrounds the center pole for heating water stored in the water jacket. The center pole is formed from pole segments with are nested on top of another through a slip fit connection, whereby the center pole can be disassembled for transporting and storing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Pyromid, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel F. Rohrer
  • Patent number: 4381629
    Abstract: A greenhouse comprising walls defining an area. A roof covers a portion of the area. Track means are interposed between the roof and the walls so that the roof may be moved along the track to cover a selected part of the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Inventor: Min H. Ahn