Space heater base brackets

Abstract

Disclosed are various space heater base brackets. A first thermal transfer component has a base bracket hole along its bottom edge. A second thermal transfer component has a locking hole along its bottom edge. A base bracket is between the first thermal transfer component and the second thermal transfer component. The base bracket has a tab that protrudes into the base bracket hole. The base bracket also has a locking mechanism corresponding to the locking hole in the second thermal transfer component.

Therefore, the following is claimed: 
     
         1 . A heater, comprising:
 a first thermal transfer component comprising at least one base bracket hole through the first thermal transfer component along a bottom edge of the first thermal transfer component;   a second thermal transfer component comprising at least one locking hole through the second thermal transfer component along a bottom edge of the second thermal transfer component; and   a base bracket between the first thermal transfer component and the second thermal transfer component, comprising at least one tab corresponding to the at least one base bracket hole that protrudes into the at least one base bracket hole, and at least one locking mechanism corresponding to the at least one locking hole through the second thermal transfer component.   
     
     
         2 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the base bracket further comprises at least one caster attached to the base bracket. 
     
     
         3 . The heater of  claim 1 , further comprising a control panel structure attached to a face of a third thermal transfer component and another base bracket attached to the control panel structure using at least one screw through a top of other base bracket and into a bottom of the control panel structure. 
     
     
         4 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the base bracket further comprises at least one foot attached to a bottom of the base bracket. 
     
     
         5 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the base bracket extends beyond a width of each thermal transfer component, between a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge of each thermal transfer component. 
     
     
         6 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the heater is an oil-filled heater. 
     
     
         7 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the heater is an oil-free heater. 
     
     
         8 . The heater of  claim 1 , wherein the second thermal transfer component is an outer thermal transfer component of a plurality of thermal transfer components of the heater. 
     
     
         9 . A base bracket, comprising:
 at least one tab that protrudes into to at least one corresponding base bracket hole along a bottom edge of a first thermal transfer component of a heater; and   at least one locking mechanism aligned with at least one locking hole along a bottom edge of a second thermal transfer component of the heater, the at least one locking hole being through the second thermal transfer component; and   wherein the base bracket is positioned between the first thermal transfer component and the second thermal transfer component of the heater.   
     
     
         10 . The base bracket of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a first support lip extending laterally from a bottom of the base bracket, the first support lip being under the bottom edge of the first thermal transfer component; and   a second support lip extending laterally from a bottom of the base bracket opposite the first support lip, the second support lip being under the bottom edge of the second thermal transfer component.   
     
     
         11 . The base bracket of  claim 9 , wherein the base bracket further comprises at least one caster attached to the base bracket. 
     
     
         12 . The base bracket of  claim 9 , further comprising a control panel structure attached to a face of a third thermal transfer component of the heater and another base bracket attached to the control panel structure using at least one screw through a top of the other base bracket and into a bottom of the control panel structure. 
     
     
         13 . The base bracket of  claim 9 , further comprising at least one foot attached to the base bracket. 
     
     
         14 . The base bracket of  claim 9 , wherein a length of the base bracket is aligned with a width of the first thermal transfer component, and the length of the base bracket is greater than a width of the first thermal transfer component. 
     
     
         15 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a first thermal transfer component comprising at least one base bracket hole through the first thermal transfer component along a bottom edge of the first thermal transfer component;   a second thermal transfer component comprising at least one locking hole through the second thermal transfer component along a bottom edge of the second thermal transfer component; and   a base bracket between the first thermal transfer component and the second thermal transfer component, comprising at least one tab corresponding to the at least one base bracket hole that protrudes into the at least one base bracket hole, and at least one locking mechanism corresponding to the at least one locking hole through the second thermal transfer component.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the base bracket further comprises at least one foot attached to the base bracket. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the base bracket extends beyond a width of the first thermal transfer component between a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge of the first thermal transfer component. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the first thermal transfer component contains oil, and is part of an oil-filled heater. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the first thermal transfer component is part of an oil-free heater. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein each of the first thermal transfer component and the second thermal transfer component are individual ones a plurality of thermal transfer components of a heater.