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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore Von Arx, La Crescent, MN (US);
Clifford D. Tweedy, St. Charles, MO (US);
John W. Schlesselman, Fountain City, WI (US);
Ronald E. Papenfuss, Winona, MN (US);
Assignee:
Watlow Polymer Technologies, Winona, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ; H05B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ; H05B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A toilet seat comprises a resistive wire sewn to a support material such as a fibrous mat. The wire is preferably sewn in an annular pattern or a sinuated pattern disposed throughout the seat. The heating element can be contained within a toilet seat core, which can have a shell molded thereon to form a toilet seat.