US 12,336,670 B2
Heated scooping device
Chong S. Kim, Holmdel, NJ (US)
Filed by Chong S. Kim, Holmdel, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,670.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172396 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 43/28 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/282 (2013.01) [H05B 1/0252 (2013.01); H05B 3/20 (2013.01); H05B 2203/03 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heated scooping device, comprising:
a head portion having a bowl section and a rim, the head portion affixed to a handle portion extending from the head portion;
a heating means for supplying heat to at least a portion of the heated scooping device, the heating means comprising:
a heating element at least partially circumnavigating the rim, wherein the heating element has a high electrical resistivity to mitigate electrocution of a user and acts as a thermal conductor to heat an edge of the heating element; and
a heating unit wired to the heating element, the heating unit supplying electricity to the heating element;
a power means for supplying power to the heating means; and
a retainer positioned between the bowl section and the heating element, wherein the retainer has a low electrical conductivity and a low thermal conductivity to help electrically and thermally isolate the heating element from the bowl section.