Energy Efficient Heated Pet Pad
AssigneeRadio Systems Corporation
InventorsJason R. GRAVES, Marc E. Brush, Ben T. Ferguson, III, Richard Bruer
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Abstract
A heated pet pad having a substantially oval shape and including a heating element to produce heat within the pet pad, a reflective layer mounted adjacent to the heating element to reflect heat toward the animal, and a support layer to contain the heating element and the reflective layer within the pet pad, the support layer including a plurality of support members extending from a first surface thereof to simulate a mattress spring, and a plurality of feet members extending from an opposite surface of the support layer to raise the pet pad off the external ground surface to inhibit heat loss.
Claims11
A heated pet pad, comprising:
- a contoured layer having a substantially oval shape;
- a heating element mounted to the contoured layer and disposed in a spaced apart manner about an inner area of the contoured layer;
- a reflective layer mounted adjacent to the heating element and opposite the contoured layer to reflect heat from the heating element toward the contoured layer;
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- a support layer having an oval shape approximately the same as the contoured layer and affixed to the contoured layer such that the heating element and the reflective layer are enclosed within a space between the support layer and the contoured layer, the support layer having a plurality of support members extending through the space toward the contoured layer and a plurality of feet members extending from an outer surface of the support layer to raise the pet pad with respect to an external support surface.
A method of making a heated pet pad, comprising:
- providing a contoured layer having a substantially oval shape;
- mounting a heating element to the contoured layer in a spaced apart manner about an inner area of the contoured layer;
- mounting a reflective layer adjacent to the heating element and opposite the contoured layer to reflect heat from the heating element toward the contoured layer;
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- connecting a support layer having an oval shape approximately the same as the contoured layer to the contoured layer such that the heating element and the reflective layer are enclosed within a space between the support layer and the contoured layer, the support layer having a plurality of support members extending through the space toward the contoured layer and a plurality of feet members extending from an outer surface of the support layer to raise the pet pad with respect to an external support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.