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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Brian Casey, Tahoe City, CA (US);
Brian Casey, Tahoe City, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for heating structure or areas adjacent such structure, such as a roof on a building for example, exposed to varying weather conditions and methods of making and use of the apparatus. The heating apparatus can include a heating element and heat supplying components. In one embodiment, the heating apparatus also includes a heatable cover panel and fasteners or other fastening components or materials for securing the heating element and cover panel to the structure. The heat supplying components may include one or more heater cable or heater cable sections penetrating one or more heater cable channels in the heating element. The apparatus may also utilize various insulating and other materials, including paint on exposed surfaces of the apparatus.