US 12,345,027 B1
Thermally activated warmer
Michael J. Maciolek, Kerrville, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Nicole Ferretti, Plano, TX (US); Rachel Michelle Ballew, San Antonio, TX (US); Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US); Sayeef Rahim, Frisco, TX (US); Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Steven J. Schroeder, Oak Point, TX (US); Joseph Michael Vesco, Sparks, NV (US); Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US); and Melissa Jane Porter, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,642, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Int. Cl. E03B 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC E03B 7/12 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A warming device comprising:
a first sidewall having a peripheral portion and a central portion;
a second sidewall having a peripheral portion and a central portion;
the first sidewall being attached to the second sidewall along their respective peripheral portions, thereby forming an interior void;
a heating member having an exterior layer, the heating member being disposed in the first sidewall;
the heating member including a thermal response device that is activated by a change in temperature, wherein the thermal response device introduces air into the heating member by forming a hole on the exterior layer of the heating member.