Patent ID: 6267109
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
In a warming device (1) having a base plate (2) onto which a heat source (3) can be placed, a plurality of carrier struts (4) forming a standing surface (5), the improvement comprising: the base plate (2) having a plurality of circumferentially arranged bearing bores (7), the carrier struts (4) rotatably mounted in the bearing bores (7), the standing surface (5) formed by a plurality of wire sections (6) each connected to a corresponding carrier strut (4) of the carrier struts (4), and pivoting the wire sections (6) varies a diameter of the standing surface (5), a plurality of lugs (8), each of the lugs (8) having a platelet (9) fixed to the corresponding carrier strut (4) and a lug pin (10) attached to the platelet (9), an actuation element (11) having a plurality of radial guide slots (12), and the lug pin (10) engaged within one of the radial guide slots (12).