ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,822, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CANADIAN TIRE Corp. Ltd. (Toronto).
"Patio heater with reflective fins" was invented by Kevin Beepath (London, Canada), Adam Smith (Toronto), Joran Van Lang (Toronto) and Jim Scott (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patio heater, has: a base to be supported on a ground; a stem protruding upwardly away from the base; and a heat generating device secured to the stem, the heat generating device having: a burner fluidly connected to a source of a fuel to be burned; a diffusion sheet enclosing a combustion chamber, the burner located inside the combustion chamber and surrounded by the...