Patent ID: 7677243

Claim:
A solar heating system for mounting on a support structure, the solar heating system comprising: a solar heating module with an enclosure including a plurality of panels, said panels including a floor panel configured to be physically mounted to the support structure, a top panel, spaced apart from said floor panel a collector panel extending from said floor panel to said top panel, and an interior panel disposed at least partially inside the enclosure between said floor panel and said collector panel, said collector panel separated from said interior panel to define a heating chamber between said interior panel and said collector panel, said interior panel located between said collector panel and said floor panel to define a plenum between said interior panel and said floor panel, said interior panel having a first end contacting one of said floor panel or said top panel and a second end separated from the other of said floor panel or said top panel to define a delivery slot coupling said heating chamber in fluid communication with said plenum, said collector panel including a first surface bordering an ambient environment of said enclosure, a second surface bordering said heating chamber, and a plurality of passages extending from said first surface of said collector panel to said second surface of said collector panel, said panels of said enclosure having an arrangement such that said collector panel is capable of being exposed to solar radiation and heated by the solar radiation, and said collector panel configured to transfer air from the ambient environment through said passages to said heating chamber and to transfer heat from said collector panel to the air in said heating chamber to form heated air; an air outlet from said plenum defined in one of said panels of said enclosure; and an air-moving device coupled with said air outlet, said air-moving device adapted to apply a negative pressure in said heating chamber effective for drawing the air from the ambient environment through said passages into said heating chamber and for withdrawing the heated air from said heating chamber through said delivery opening to said plenum for subsequent removal through said air outlet.