ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,661, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KYOTE FIRE LLC (Denver).
"Portable heating device" was invented by Thomas Randall Slimp Jr. (Denver), Nicholas Kirchner (Denver), Kelly Lund (Lakewood, Colo.), Alex Tenenbaum (Belgrade, Mont.) and Diego Horna (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable heating device is provided that generally consists of an upper housing having a plurality of openings that allow heat to escape from a coiled infrared heating tube that generates radiant heat. The portable heating device also includes an upper surface with an opening that produces a visible flame and conductive heat. The upper surface is als...