US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on July 21 for "Portable heater" (Wisconsin, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,301, issued on July 21, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Portable heater" was invented by Nathan Beining (Milwaukee), Srdjan Acimovic (Hales Corners, Wis.), Jon Pinske (Pewaukee, Wis.), Emily Siira (Waukesha, Wis.) and Grace Widmeyer (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable heater includes a housing defining a base portion and a radiant heating assembly positioned within the housing. The radiant heating assembly includes a connector configured to receive a fuel tank having a combustible fuel, an ignition assembly configured to ignite the combustible fuel, and a radiant heating surface co...