Patent ID: 11877358
Assignee: IGNIK OUTDOORS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 5:
6. An occupant warming system, comprising:
a multi-layer warmth delivery structure having an average thickness of roughly 0.9 millimeters over a first layered area thereof, wherein said first layered area of said multi-layer warmth delivery structure comprises at least an electrically resistive first layer, a structural second layer, and an infrared-redirecting third layer;
one or more conduits configured to pass a first electrical current through at least said electrically resistive first layer so as to generate infrared energy within said first layered area of said multi-layer warmth delivery structure, wherein said infrared-redirecting third layer is configured to cause a redirected first component of said infrared energy within said first layered area to pass through said electrically resistive first layer, and into an occupiable space adjacent said multi-layer warmth delivery structure and wherein said redirected first component and a non-redirected second component of said infrared energy passing into said occupiable space adjacent said multi-layer warmth delivery structure together constitute a majority of said infrared energy emitted from said multi-layer warmth delivery structure; and
a support layer more than three times larger than said first layered area of said multi-layer warmth delivery structure and configured to be unable to receive said first electrical current, wherein said support layer includes and extends beyond said structural second layer but does not include said electrically resistive first layer and does not include said infrared-redirecting third layer.