Torch Heat Shield

Abstract

A torch heat shield attachment for a butane torch or similar device includes an outer mesh material that is wrapper around an inner aluminum cylinder. The outer mesh material forms an outer mesh cylinder spaced around an inner mesh cylinder via a plurality of fasteners that secure the mesh in its cylindrical shape while spacing the formed inner and outer mesh cylinders to form a gap therebetween. The fasteners are removable and rearrangeable to customize the appearance of the torch heat shield. The aluminum plate, the two mesh cylinders formed by the mesh material, and the gap formed between the two mesh cylinders help to shield a user of the torch from excess heat by dissipating the heat from the torch tip.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) A torch heat shield comprising:
 an inner plate rolled in a cylindrical configuration and configured to removable secure to a torch tip;   an outer mesh material wrapped around the cylindrical inner plate;   a plurality of fasteners configured to secure the outer mesh material in a cylindrical configuration;   wherein the plurality of fasteners are removable and rearrangeable so as to customize the appearance of the torch heat shield.   
     
     
         2 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 1 , wherein the outer mesh material is continuous and forms a first mesh cylinder wrapping around the cylindrical inner plate and a second mesh cylinder wrapping around the first mesh cylinder. 
     
     
         3 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 2 , further comprising a gap between the first mesh cylinder and the second mesh cylinder. 
     
     
         4 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 3 , wherein the gap is at least partially defined by the plurality of fasteners spacing the first mesh cylinder apart from the second mesh cylinder. 
     
     
         5 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 1 , wherein the inner plate is composed of aluminum. 
     
     
         6 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 1 , wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners comprises a flexible wire fastener. 
     
     
         7 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 1 , wherein the inner plate comprises a plurality of apertures thereon. 
     
     
         8 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of apertures includes a plurality of small apertures each having a diameter less than a diameter of a larger aperture of a plurality of large apertures. 
     
     
         9 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 8 , wherein the small apertures and the large apertures are positioned in an alternating pattern across a surface of the inner plate. 
     
     
         10 ) The torch heat shield of  claim 1 , wherein the mesh material includes a plurality of diamond shaped openings.