Heat reflective shield
OwnerJames Chickinventor
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Abstract
A lightweight heat reflective shield useful for hikers and campers to reflect heat from a campfire back toward themselves. The heat reflective shield includes a base panel and a concave body portion attached to and extending upward from the base panel and supported by at least two inflatable ribs. The concave body portion includes an open front face along a front edge of the base panel, an inner side, and an outer side, wherein at least a portion of the inner side includes a heat reflective material. When the inflatable ribs are filled with air, the heat reflective shield may accommodate a standing or seated person, and when positioned adjacent a heat source, the heat reflective material of the inner side reflects heat from the heat source back toward the heat source.
Claims12
A light weight, heat reflective shield comprising:
- a base panel having opposing first and second side edges, and a front edge;
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- a concave body portion attached to and extending upward from the base panel, the concave body portion having an open front face along the front edge of the base panel, an inner side, and an outer side, wherein at least a portion of the inner side comprises a heat reflective material, and wherein the concave body portion comprises:
- a first inflatable rib having a first end attached to the first side edge of the base panel and a second end attached to the second side edge of the base panel;
- a second inflatable rib having a first end attached to a back edge of the base panel opposite the front edge and a second end attached to a midpoint of the first inflatable rib between the first and second ends thereof;
- a third and fourth inflatable rib each having a first end attached to the back edge of the base panel and a second end attached to the first inflatable rib, wherein the third and fourth inflatable ribs are positioned on opposite sides of the second inflatable rib and spaced apart therefrom;
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- a back panel spanning an area defined by and connected to:
- (i) the first inflatable rib, and (ii) the base panel along a contour line on the base panel defined by an attachment point of the first end of the first inflatable rib, an attachment point of the first end of the second, third, and fourth inflatable ribs, and an attachment point of the second end of the first inflatable rib,
- wherein the base panel and concave body portion are composed of light weight flexible material,
- wherein, when the inflatable ribs are filled with air, the heat reflective shield is sized and configured to accommodate a standing or reclining person, and
- wherein, when the heat reflective shield is positioned adjacent a heat source, the heat reflective material of the inner side reflects heat from the heat source back toward the heat source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.