Patent Application
20240080945
The present invention relates generally to flexible heating device and, more particularly, to heating devices especially adapted for use with hand held implements pertains to keeping a person's hands warm during cold conditions.
Many people in a variety of location enjoy the outdoors. Some individuals work or play in colder climates, either because that is the type of climate in which their target resides, or because the individual is local to that climate. While outdoor, the individual typically holds a hand held object for sporting equipment, and tools such as ski poles, archery bows, fishing poles and snow shovel or when users operate motorcycles or snowmobiles are well known. Therefore, there exists a need for an electrically heating device for the shaft of an apparatus in order to warm the hands of a user.
For ease of installation on a wide variety of hand held object having a wide variety of handle diameters, it would be desirable if a heating device were in the form of a wrap around and locked in place that IS readily attaches to and is readily removed from a hand held object. Moreover, to assure that the heating device does not inadvertently slide off of the handle, it would be desirable if a strong hook and loop fastener were employed to prevent the heating device from sliding off of the handle.
The use of heated device is known in the prior art. More specifically, heated device heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of heating hand held implements are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
In the related art, many methods of improving fishing rods for use with cold weather or ‘ice-fishing’ are known. Of these, many methods of heating the handles of fishing rods are also known. These range from wrapping heated and insulated covers external to the handle, to various methods of adding a heat source within the handle.
Other devices have been disclosed in the known art that relate to fishing rods and poles. These include devices that have been patented and disclosed in patent application publications. However, the devices in the known art have several drawbacks. Some devices are comprised of multiple layers and heat the entire length of the fishing pole, thereby unnecessarily heating portions of the pole which the individual does not typically touch, resulting in inefficiency. Some devices attach onto the fishing pole and are not protected from the elements and water inherent in fishing. Some devices operate by burning a fuel element and venting the exhaust to produce warmth. Such devices are wasteful and can be an unsafe fire hazard.
As another type of solution to the hands of fishermen being cold, throughout the years is to wear gloves. However, when a fisherman wears gloves, it may not be easy to apply bait to a hook. Moreover, when wearing gloves, the fisherman may not be as sensitive to small tugs on the fishing line that might be felt if gloves were not worn. Furthermore, while wearing gloves, the fisherman may not be able to operate a reel handle efficiently. Therefore, in view of the abovementioned problems associated with a fisherman's wearing gloves, it would be desirable if there were a device which provided warmth to a fisherman's hands without the need to wear gloves.
Conventionally, electrically heated hand grips have been utilized on handlebars of vehicles. Examples of such vehicles include snow mobiles, bicycles, snow blowers, and motorcycles. When users operate motorcycles or snowmobiles in cold weather, their hands get cold, even with warm clothing. It is important that a person operating such a vehicle concentrate on driving, rather than on physical needs. As a result, heated hand grips have been used for such vehicles. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned heated hand grips do not describe a rechargeable easy to install hand warmer for keeping a person's hands warm during cold conditions.
The present invention substantially diverges in design elements from the known art and consequently it is clear that there is a need in the art for an improvement to existing heating devices and in doing so provides an device primarily developed for the purpose of keeping a person's hands warm during cold conditions. Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved heating device which can be used for keeping a person's hands warm during cold conditions. In this regard the present invention substantially fulfills these needs.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a cold weather hand warmer device made from a flexible material that can be wrapped around variety types of hand held objects to keep your hands warm in cold weather, eliminating or reducing the need for thick or thin gloves while maintaining dexterity and comfort. The configuration of the cold weather hand warmer device allows many types of outdoor indoor work, like driving, riding, fishing, walking and outdoor work etc.
Another object of this invention is to provide an cold weather hand warmer device that has particular application for use outdoors in cold weather, for example being well adapted to fishing by wrapping around the grip end of a fish pole to keep your hands warm in cold weather, eliminating or reducing the need for thick or thin gloves while maintaining dexterity and comfort.
In order to achieve this aspect, the cold weather hand warmer device once attached to a hand held object can be manually-operated by the heating controller which is electrically connected to the control interface which in turn controls the flow of power from the rechargeable battery. The heating controller has an power on/off switch comprises of four positions, a first position is for turning the device off, a second position is for providing a low amount of heat, a third position for providing a medium amount of heat and a forth position for providing a high amount of heat. Moreover the rechargeable battery can be charged by connecting the battery to USB plug located in the pocket of the battery pouch and could be fully charged around 3-4 hours.
The present invention is made up of various components including the flexible hand warmer with its 3 to 4 layer made from flexible soft material combined with a built-in heating mechanism. The portable battery pouch containing various components including a rechargeable battery, a touch screen heating controller attached to the control interface board. The battery pouch further includes an adjustable strap to help fix around most objects.
The cold weather hand warmer device has a particular application for use in cold weather, being well adapted to fishing rods, motorcycles, bicycles, wheel chairs, snow shovels, strollers, walking sticks, umbrella and other equipment and devices and is characterized by having associated therewith a hand warmer.
These and other features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent from the following detail description of an embodiment thereof and reference to the accompanying drawing.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application. The drawings show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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