Patent ID: 8422869

Claim:
A fog effects system, comprising: a control system including a battery-operated power supply and a user-operable control, the control system initiating at least a portion of system operation in response to the user-operated control; a fog fluid reservoir; an elongated insulator; an elongated electric heating element extending along the insulator and coupled to the control system, the heating element having an intake end and an exhaust end, the control system electrically energizing the heating element during system operation; an air supply subsystem coupled to the control system, the air supply subsystem directing a flow of air along the heating element from the intake end toward the exhaust end during system operation; a fog fluid supply subsystem coupled to the fog fluid reservoir and the control system, the fog fluid supply subsystem supplying, during system operation, fog fluid to the flow of air before the flow of air enters the intake of the heating element; and a handheld body having an opening substantially adjacent to the exhaust end of the heating element, the handheld body containing the battery-operated power supply, the fog fluid reservoir, the insulator, the heating element, the air supply subsystem, and the fog fluid supply subsystem.