Patent ID: 7105782

Claim:
An electrothermal article, comprising a fabric member that defines an inner space therein; a connector disposed outwardly of said inner space in said fabric member and including conductive first and second terminals; and a plurality of elongated flat heating elements disposed in said inner space in said fabric member, each of said elongated flat heating elements having first and second end portions, said first end portions of said elongated flat heating elements being grouped into a first bundle and being connected electrically to said first terminal of said connector, said second end portions of said elongated flat heating elements being grouped into a second bundle and being connected electrically to said second terminal of said connector, wherein said fabric member further defines a heating area, each of said elongated flat heating elements further having an intermediate portion extending between said first and second end portions, said intermediate portions of said elongated flat heating elements being distributed evenly across said heating area in different routes.