US 7,600,998 B1
Portable heater with roll cage
Eric Pitchford, 2701 Industrial Dr., Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (US); Henry Haley, 2701 Industrial Dr., Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (US); Craig Higginbotham, 2701 Industrial Dr., Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (US); and Griffin Bland, 2701 Industrial Dr., Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/668,668.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/822436, filed on Aug. 15, 2006.
Int. Cl. F24H 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 432—222  [126/60; 126/61; 126/110 B; 432/219] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating system comprising:
an elongated cylindrical airflow housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, said inlet end defining an air inlet opening and said outlet end defining an air outlet opening, wherein said air inlet opening and said air outlet opening is axially aligned through said airflow housing;
a combustion chamber having a burner assembly, and a fan forcing air through said air inlet opening and axially through said airflow housing while being heated by said combustion chamber, whereby said heated air exits through said air outlet opening;
a first end cap adjacent said inlet end and a second end cap adjacent said outlet end; and
a plurality of roll cage bars extending between said first end cap and said second end cap so that said roll cage bars extend substantially parallel to an exterior surface of said housing.