US Patent Issued to Living Style (B.V.I.) on March 18 for "Flame simulating assembly for simulated fireplaces including a reflecting light element" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,226, issued on March 18, was assigned to Living Style (B.V.I.) Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Flame simulating assembly for simulated fireplaces including a reflecting light element" was invented by Willard Lassen (San Diego) and Paul Jones (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame simulating assembly is provided with a reflected flickering light that includes only one light source. Light from the light source passes through a rotating flicker element onto one or more reflectors, or mirrors, that reflect light up onto a simulated fuel bed and the some of the light is reflected off of the flicker elements towards a ...