Patent ID: 8044325

Claim:
A wet wipe heating system comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall; an inner compartment being positioned within said housing and including a lower wall and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said peripheral wall having an upper edge, a peripheral flange being attached to and being coextensive with said upper edge of said peripheral wall and a top edge of said perimeter wall, said inner compartment being spaced from said housing and a receiving space being defined between said perimeter and peripheral walls and between said bottom and lower walls, said perimeter wall having a fill conduit extending therethrough and being fluidly coupled to said receiving space; a heat emitter being positioned within said receiving space, said heat emitter being positioned between said lower and bottom walls; a quantity of water being poured into said receiving space through said fill conduit, said heat emitter heating said water; a thermostat being in thermal communication with said receiving space and measuring a temperature of the water, said thermostat being electrically coupled to said heat emitter, said thermostat turning off said heat emitter when said water has attained a selected temperature and turning said heat emitter on when said water is less than the selected temperature; a cover being hingedly coupled to said housing and being selectively positionable in an open position exposing said inner compartment or in a closed position covering said inner compartment; a gasket member being positioned on an upper surface of said peripheral flange to provide an approximately airtight closure of said inner compartment when said cover abuts said gasket member when said cover in said closed position; and wherein a plurality of wet wipes is positioned in said inner compartment and heated by the water.