Patent ID: 6521868
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for heating a window comprising:a selectively movable switch which is movable from a first position to a second activated position; an assembly which is coupled to said selectively movable switch and which provides controlled pulses of energy only when and for as long as said switch is in said second activated position; a first portion which is communicatively coupled to said assembly and deployed upon a first part of said window, wherein said assembly communicates said controlled pulsed energy to said first portion and, in response to said receipt of said controlled pulsed energy, said first portion heats said first part of said window; and a second portion which is communicatively coupled to said assembly and deployed upon a second part of said window, wherein said assembly communicates said controlled pulsed energy to said second portion only after said first part of said window has been heated, thereby heating said second part of said window.