Patent Application
20230138869
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The disclosure relates to heating devices and more particularly pertains to a new heating device for keeping campers warm in a camping tent. The device includes a camping tent and a heating pad that is positionable under the camping tent. The heating pad heats a floor of the camping tent to warm campers that are sleeping in the camping tent. The device includes a control box that is remotely positioned with respect to the camping tent.
The prior art relates to heating devices including a sunbathing mat that includes a thermal pocket for storing a beverage. The prior art discloses an electric blanket that can be worn on a user. The prior art discloses a variety of snow melting pads that are each positionable on a walkway for melting snow on the walkway. The prior art discloses a heating pad which has a remotely positioned control box. In no instance does the prior art disclose a camping tent and a heating pad that is positionable under the camping tent.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a camping tent that has a floor. A heating pad is positionable beneath the floor of the camping tent such that the heating pad is in thermal communication with the floor. The heating pad heats the floor when the heating pad is turned on to warm campers that are sleeping in the camping tent. A connection box is coupled to the heating pad and the connection box is in electrical communication with the heating pad. A control unit is in electrical communication with the connection box for turning the heating pad on and off. The control unit has a heat adjustment control to adjust a temperature of the heating pad between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The heating pad 18 has a top surface 20, a bottom surface 22 and a perimeter edge 24 extending between the top surface 20 and the bottom surface 22. The top surface 20 comprise a thermally conductive material and the top surface 20 abuts a lower surface 26 of the floor 14 when the camping tent 12 is positioned on the heating pad 18 thereby facilitating the floor 14 to be in thermal communication with the top surface 20. The heating pad 18 has a plurality of holes 28 each extending through the top surface 20 and the bottom surface 22 and each of the holes 28 receives a respective stake 30 for securing the heating pad 18 to the support surface 16. Each of the holes 28 is aligned with a respective one of four corners 32 of the heating pad 18.
The heating pad 18 includes a heating element 34 that is positioned between the top surface 20 and the bottom surface 22 of the heating pad 18. The heating element 34 is formed into a plurality of loops 36 that are distributed over an entire length and width of the heating pad 18. Additionally, the heating element 34 may comprise an electronic heating element which has an operational temperature ranging between approximately 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit and 150.0 degrees Fahrenheit. A plurality of grommets 38 is provided and each of the grommets 38 is integrated into the heating pad 18. Each of the grommets 38 surrounds a respective one of the holes 28 in the heating pad 18. Each of the grommets 38 is comprise of a resilient material to inhibit the respective hole 28 from being damaged by the stake 30.
A connection box 40 is coupled to the heating pad 18 and the connection box 40 is in electrical communication with the heating pad 18. The connection box 40 is coupled to the perimeter edge 24 of the heating pad 18 and the connection box 40 is electrically coupled to the heating element 34. A female electrical outlet 42 is integrated into the connection box 40 and the female electrical outlet 42 can be electrically coupled to a power source 44 comprising an electrical generator or other extrinsic source of electrical energy. The connection box 40 has a conductor 46 which is coupled to and extends away from the connection box 40.
A control unit 48 is in electrical communication with the connection box 40 for turning the heating pad 18 on and off. The control unit 48 has a heat adjustment control 50 that is movably integrated into the control unit 48. The heat adjustment control 50 adjusts a temperature of the heating pad 18 between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature. The control unit 48 comprises a control housing 52 that has a top wall 54 and an outer wall 56. The outer wall 56 is coupled to a distal end 58 of the conductor 46 which extends away from the connection box 40. Additionally, the heat adjustment control 50 is slidably integrated into the outer wall 56 of the control housing 52.
The control unit 48 includes a control circuit 60 that is integrated into the control housing 52. The control circuit 60 is electrically coupled to the conductor 46 and the heat adjustment control 50 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 60. The control unit 48 includes a power button 62 that is movably integrated into the control housing 52. The power button 62 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 60 for turning the heating element 34 on and off.
A power supply 64 is integrated into the control housing 52 and the power supply 64 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 60. The power supply 64 comprises at least one rechargeable battery 66 that is integrated into the control housing 52 and the at least one rechargeable battery 66 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 60. The power supply 64 includes a solar panel 68 that is coupled to the top wall 54 of the control housing 52 such that the solar panel 68 is exposed to sunlight. Additionally, the solar panel 68 is electrically coupled to the at least one rechargeable battery 66 for charging the at least one rechargeable battery 66.
In use, the heating pad 18 is positioned on the support surface 16 and the camping tent 12 is positioned on the heating pad 18. The power button 62 is manipulated to turn on the heating element 34 and the heat adjustment is manipulated to adjust the temperature of the heating element 34. In this way campers that are sleeping in the camping tent 12 can be kept warm while sleeping in the camping tent 12. A generator or other extrinsic power source can be plugged into the female electrical outlet 42 in the control box. In this way the heating element 34 can be powered in the event that the at least one rechargeable battery 66 is depleted.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
