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Heated sitting surface

  • US 10,231,551 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2018
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transit shelter comprising:

  • a frame structure mountable to a ground surface including at least one wall panel, a roof and an opening for entering and exiting the frame structure;

    a bench or a plurality of seats mountable to the ground surface and having a hard sitting surface;

    an electrical heating element integrated into said bench or seats for warming said sitting surface, said electrical heating element placed under said hard sitting surface;

    insulation material placed under said electrical heating element;

    a controller connectable to a power source and to said heating element for applying or removing heat from said sitting surface using at least an ambient temperature signal, said controller is operative to maintain said sitting surface at a temperature between 35 degrees Celsius and 43 degrees Celsius.

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