Patent Application
20230397734
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The disclosure relates to heating pads and more particularly pertains to a new heating pad for on-demand heating of a seat of a vehicle or a stroller. The present invention discloses a battery powered heating pad that can be used in a vehicle or a stroller to warm a child. The battery is rechargeable by connection to alternating current sources, direct current sources, and a solar panel.
The prior art relates to heating pads, which may comprise battery powered heating pads for seats of vehicles and strollers. What is lacking in the prior art is a battery powered heating pad for use with seats of vehicles and strollers wherein the battery is rechargeable by connection to alternating current sources, direct current sources, and a solar panel. Further lacking in the prior art is a heating pad having a bulb engaged to the battery for selective provision of light.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, which defines an interior space. A battery, which is rechargeable, is positioned in the interior space. A power cord, which is operationally engaged to the battery, is attached to and extends from the housing. A plug of the power cord is configured to engage a receptacle of a source of electrical current to charge the battery. A power cable, which is operationally engaged to the battery, is attached to and extends from the housing. A heating pad is operationally engaged to the power cable and is configured to be selectively positioned on a seat of a vehicle and a seating surface of a stroller. The heating pad is configured to warm a child seated in the seat of the vehicle or in the stroller.
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 portable heating pad assembly 10 also may comprise a second cord 26, which is attached to and which extends from the housing 12 and which is operationally engaged to the battery 16. An alternating current adapter plug 28 is attached to the second cord 26 distal from the housing 12. The alternating current adapter plug 28 is configured to be plugged into a socket (not shown) and to convert alternating current to direct current to charge the battery 16.
The portable heating pad assembly 10 also may comprise a third cord 30, which is attached to and which extends from the housing 12, and a solar panel 32. The third cord 30 is operationally engaged to the battery 16. A first connector 34 is attached to the third cord 30 distal from the housing 12. A connecting cord 36 is attached to and extends from the solar panel 32. A second connector 38, which is complementary to the first connector 34, is attached to the connecting cord 36 distal from the solar panel 32. The second connector 38 is positioned to selectively connect to the first connector 34 to operationally engage the solar panel 32 to the battery 16 to charge the battery 16.
The present invention anticipates the first cord 22, the second cord 26, and the third cord 30 being reversibly attachable to the housing 12, and thus reversibly operationally engageable to the battery 16, by means well known to those skilled in the art of reversible battery connections, such as, but not limited to, barrel and socket connections, plug and socket connections, and the like.
A power cable 40, which is operationally engaged to the battery 16, is attached to and extends from the housing 12. A heating pad 42 is operationally engaged to the power cable 40 and is configured to be selectively positioned on a seat 44 of a vehicle 46 and a seating surface 48 of a stroller 50. The heating pad 42 comprises a cushion 52, which is substantially rectangular. A heating element 54 is embedded in the cushion 52. The heating pad 42 is configured to warm a child seated in the seat 44 of the vehicle 46 or the stroller 50. Seat 44 of a vehicle 46 in the context of this disclosure should be interpreted to mean a factory installed seat, a child car seat, a booster seat, and the like.
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The present invention anticipates the first cable 56 and the second cable 58 being reversibly attachable to the housing 12, and thus reversibly operationally engageable to the battery 16, by means well known to those skilled in the art of reversible battery connections, such as, but not limited to, barrel and socket connections, plug and socket connections, and the like.
A bulb 64, which may comprise a light emitting diode 76, is attached to the housing 12 and is selectively operationally engageable to the battery 16 to illuminate an area proximate to the housing 12. The bulb 64, which is depressible, is configured to be depressed a first time to operationally engage the bulb 64 to the battery 16 and to be depressed a second time to disengage the bulb 64 from the battery 16.
A power port 66 is attached to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the battery 16. The power port 66 is configured for insertion of a power plug of an electronic device (not shown), such as a phone, tablet, laptop, or the like, to power the electronic device. As shown in
The portable heating pad assembly 10 also comprises a jumper port 72, which is attached to the heating pad 42 and is configured to operationally engage a jumper cable 74 to operationally engage the heating pad 42 to another heating pad 42. The jumper port 72 and the jumper cable 74 allow the battery 16 to power multiple heating pads 42, which would be useful for double strollers or for heating two or more seats 44 in the vehicle 46.
In one example of use, the portable heating pad assembly 10 is positioned in a vehicle 46 with the heating pad 42 positioned on a seat 44 of the vehicle 46. The heating pad 42 thus can warm a child who is seated in the seat 44. Many vehicles 46 have rear seats 44 that are not heated and the portable heating pad assembly 10 is of particular use with such vehicles 46. In another example of use with a stroller 50, the pair of hand warmers 60 is attached to the push bar 62 of the stroller 50 and the heating pad 42 is positioned on the seating surface 48 of the stroller 50. The heating pad 42 warms a child who is seated in the stroller 50, while the hand warmers 60 warm hands of a user who is pushing the stroller 50.
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.
