Portable heat treatment system
AssigneeMichael Litman
InventorRonald J. Bernardini
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Abstract
A portable heat treatment system in accordance with this invention includes a heating shoe having a heat conductive base member and heating means for transmitting heat along the base member. A heat conductive container having a base with peripheral walls extending upwardly therefrom defines a heat treating compartment, and the container is removably retained within the heating shoe with the base of the container being supported by the heat conductive base member of the shoe. A packaged, heat conductive container of body-treating material also constitutes part of this invention.
Claims19
A portable heat treatment system for providing heat therapy to part of the human body, said system being characterized by:
- (a) a portable heating shoe having;
- (1) a heat conductive base member,
- (2) heating means connected to said base member for transmitting heat along said base member;
- (b) a removable and replaceable unit including;
- (1) a heat conductive container having;
- (i) a base,
- (ii) peripheral walls extending upwardly from the base and cooperating therewith to define a heat treatment compartment;
- (2) a body treating material including paraffin wax in the heat treating compartment of the container for application in a liquid state to a part of the human body to be provided with heat therapy and
- (3) said container being removably retained within te heating shoe with the base of said container being supported by the heat conductive base member of said shoe.
A portable heat treatment system for providing heat therapy to part of the human body, said system being characterized by:
- (a) a portable heating shoe having;
- (1) a heat conductive base member,
- (2) heating means connected to said base member for transmitting heat along said base member;
- (b) a removable and replaceable unit including;
- (1) a heat conductive container having;
- (i) a base,
- (ii) peripheral walls extending upwardly from the base and cooperating therewith to define a heat treatment compartment;
- (2) a body treating material in the heat treating compartment of the container for application in a liquid state to a part of the human body to be provided with heat thereapy and
- (3) said container being removably retained within the heating shoe solely by gravity with the base of said container being supported by the heat conductive base member of said shoe, whereby the container can be removed from said shoe without the necessity of removing any fastening means between said container and shoe.
A portable heat treatment system for providing heat treatment to part of the human body, said system being characterized by:
- (a) a portable heating shoe having;
- (1) a heat conductive inner surface;
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- (2) heating means for heating said inner surface;
- (b) a removable and replaceable unit including;
- (1) a heat conductive container having;
- (i) an inner surface defining a heat treatment compartment, and
- (ii) an outer surface;
- (2) a solid body treating material in the heat treatment compartment of the container and adapted to be melted to a liquid state when heated by the heating shoe, to thereby permit application of said body treating material in a liquid state to a part of the human body to be provided with heat treatment;
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- (3) said container being removably retained within the heating shoe with the outer surface of said container adjacent the heat conductive inner surface of the heating shoe, whereby heating of said heat conductive inner surface with said heating means applies heat to the solid body treating material for melting said material to a liquid state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.