Outdoor furniture piece with temperature control
AssigneeOutmore Living, Inc.
InventorsKevin Jeffrey Long, Alex Joseph Duncan
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Abstract
An outdoor furniture piece, including: a plurality of members coupled together to form a structure of the outdoor furniture piece; a cushion positioned adjacent to one or more first members of the plurality of members of the structure; a heating element coupled to the cushion; and a power source coupled to a second member of the plurality of members, the power source in electrical communication with the heating element such that the power source provides electrical energy to the heating element, wherein when the heating element receives the electrical energy from the power source, the heating element converts the electrical energy to thermal energy at the cushion.
Claims20
An outdoor furniture piece, including:
- a plurality of members coupled together to form a structure of the outdoor furniture piece;
- a cushion positioned adjacent to one or more first members of the plurality of members of the structure;
- a heating element coupled to the cushion;
- and
- a power source coupled to a second member of the plurality of members, the power source in electrical communication with the heating element such that the power source provides electrical energy to the heating element,
- wherein when the heating element receives the electrical energy from the power source, the heating element converts the electrical energy to thermal energy at the cushion.
An outdoor furniture piece, including:
- a plurality of members coupled together to form a structure of the outdoor furniture piece;
- a cushion positioned adjacent to one or more first members of the plurality of members of the structure;
- a heating element coupled to the cushion;
- a bracket coupled to a second member of the plurality of members;
- and
- a control unit removably coupled to the bracket, including:
- a power source, the power source in electrical communication with the heating element such that the power source provides an electrical energy to the heating element;
- a microcontroller in communication with the power source;
- and
- a physical button in communication with the microcontroller,
- wherein, in response to user input at the physical button, the microcontroller is configured to adjust the electrical energy provided by the power source,
- wherein when the heating element receives the electrical energy from the power source, the heating element converts the electric energy to thermal energy at the cushion.
An outdoor furniture piece, including:
- a plurality of members coupled together to form a structure of the outdoor furniture piece;
- a cushion positioned adjacent to one or more first members of the plurality of members of the structure;
- a heating element coupled to the cushion;
- a bracket coupled to a second member of the plurality of members;
- and
- a control unit removably coupled to the bracket, including:
- a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery in electrical communication with the heating element such that the rechargeable battery provides an electrical energy to the heating element,
- wherein when the heating element receives the electrical energy from the rechargeable battery, the heating element converts the electrical energy to thermal energy at the cushion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.