Devices for prevention of bed bug infestations and elimination of existing bed bug infestations, and methods of preventing bed bug infestations and eliminating existing bed bug infestations.

摘要

This invention provides heating devices for eliminating bedbugs. The devices include commonly infested items of furniture with heating elements built in, such that a user concerned about preventing infestations or treating an existing infestation needs only to “plug in” the item to a wall socket and the furniture is heated beyond the mortal limits of bed bugs. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a mattress with heating coils on either its outer surface and/or an inner surface under some of the padding. The heating coils are controlled by a thermostat capable of regulating heat such that it can generate temperatures of at least 113 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, which is suitable for killing bed bugs at all stages of their life cycle.

主权项

1. An article of furniture, where the article of furniture comprises six sides: a front side, a back side, a top, a bottom, a right side and a left side, and the article additionally comprises a core, a quantity of padding, where the quantity of paddling is located on a surface of the core, a covering fabric, where the covering fabric is located on an outside surface of the paddling, an exterior surface, where the exterior surface is located outside of the core and padding but inside of the covering fabric, and an interior surface, where the interior surface is located such that it is covered by at least some of the quantity of padding and is inside the covering fabric, additionally comprising one or more electric heating coils, a thermostat and a plug, where, a user of the invention can plug in the plug to an electrical outlet, where the plug can transfer a quantity of electricity to the electrical heating coils, and a quantity of heat can be generated by the one or more electrical heating coils and the quantity of heat is regulated by the thermostat and where the quantity of heat generated has an upper limit.