US 12,114,401 B2
Electrically heated jacket
Rick Gray, Delafield, WI (US); Jonathan A. Zick, Waukesha, WI (US); and Paul Fry, Pewaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,445.
Application 17/966,445 is a continuation of application No. 15/958,102, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,477,853.
Application 15/958,102 is a continuation of application No. 12/940,429, filed on Nov. 5, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/258,714, filed on Nov. 6, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037725 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A41D 13/005 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 1/0272 (2013.01) [A41D 13/0051 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of clothing comprising:
a garment body;
a heater coupled to the garment body;
a battery holder separate from the garment body and including a power terminal, the battery holder being detachably couplable to the garment body; and
a rechargeable battery pack including a housing and a plurality of battery cells received in the housing and configured to provide power to the heater, the rechargeable battery pack being electrically connectable to the power terminal, the housing being detachably couplable to the battery holder, wherein at least a portion of the housing is external to the battery holder when the rechargeable battery pack is coupled to the battery holder.