Patent ID: 8304700

Claim:
In combination, a portable space heater and a compact and collapsible rack, said combination heater and rack having a first operative position providing a support surface on said rack for warming and heating articles placed thereon, and a second stowed position for transport, said portable space heater comprising: a body, a heating element supported within said body, and a protective grid shielding said heating element from accidental contact, said protective grid defining a first surface and a second surface, said first surface relatively more adjacent to said heating element than said second surface and said second surface of said protective grid relatively more distal to said heating element than said first surface of said protective grid; said rack comprising: a main support surface; a leg assembly coupled with and moveable relative to said main support surface and having at least one leg member, said leg assembly in said second stowed position folded adjacent to said main support surface and in said first operative position extending generally perpendicular thereto; said rack in said first operative position coupled to said protective grid, said main support surface suspended and engaging with said protective grid, and said leg member at a transition location intermediate along said leg member passing through said protective grid and more distal from said main support surface than said transition location passing through said protective grid at least a second time.