ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,705, issued on March 31.
"Electric fire apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by Paul Christopher Baird (Tanworth-in-Arden, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric fire apparatus (10) is provided, having an improved simulated fire effect. The electric fire apparatus (10) comprising a bed base (14a) which is at least in part light-transmissible. The electric fire apparatus (10) also has a holographic mesh element (18) as herein before defined which divides the bed base (14a) into a front bed base portion (42a) and a rear bed base portion (42b). At least one light source (50) is provided for directing ligh...