IP Library Granted Patent US 7,965,926
Granted Patent B2
US 7,965,926 · App. 12/025,088 · Granted Jun 21, 2011

Chemical heating assembly

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Patent No.
US 7,965,926
App. No.
12/025,088
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chemical heating assembly includes a face plate, a chemical packet, a housing, a pair of electrical prongs carried by the housing, and a light assembly. The housing includes a first sliding arrangement and a first snap-fit arrangement, is connected to the face plate, and at least partially defines a pocket for the chemical packet. The light assembly includes a lamp, a second sliding arrangement engaged with the first sliding arrangement, and a second snap-fit arrangement coupled with the first snap-fit arrangement. The light assembly is mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected with the pair of electrical prongs using the first and second sliding arrangements and the first and second snap-fit arrangements.

Claims (11)

1. A chemical heating assembly comprising:

a face plate;

a chemical packet;

a housing including a first sliding arrangement and a first snap-fit arrangement, said housing connected to said face plate and at least partially defining a pocket for said chemical packet;

a pair of electrical prongs carried by said housing; and

a light assembly including a lamp, a second sliding arrangement engaged with said first sliding arrangement, and a second snap-fit arrangement coupled with said first snap-fit arrangement, said light assembly mechanically connected to said housing and electrically connected with said pair of electrical prongs using said first and second sliding arrangements and said first and second snap-fit arrangements.

2. The chemical heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein said light assembly includes a pair of electrical leads respectively coupled with said lamp and frictionally engaged with said pair of electrical prongs.

3. The chemical heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein said light assembly is slidably received by said housing.

4. The chemical heating assembly of claim 3 , wherein said second sliding arrangement includes a male dovetail and said first sliding arrangement includes a female dovetail which slidably receives said male dovetail.

5. The chemical heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein said first snap-fit arrangement includes a ramped projection and said second snap-fit arrangement includes a wall defining a recess, said ramped projection snap-fitting in said recess.

6. The chemical heating assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a heating device carried by said housing and electrically coupled with said pair of electrical prongs.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 27, 2011
From: GROUP DEKKO, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 026503/0966 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2008
From: POHL, JEFF; COX, ROBERT G
To: GROUP DEKKO, INC.
Reel/Frame 020614/0097 →