# US 11,112,181 B2 · Body cooling system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,112,181 B2 - Document ID: US11112181B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/390,611 - Filed: 2019-04-22 - Published: 2020-10-22 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-22 - Assignees: Fria, LLC - Applicants: Fria, LLC - Inventors: Sheilisa McNeal-Burgess; Karen Ann Webster - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11112181B2 ## CPC - A61F 7/02: Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling - F28C 3/08: with change of state, e.g. absorption, evaporation, condensation (generating steam under pressure F22) - F24F 6/04: using stationary unheated wet elements - F25D 7/00: Devices using evaporation effects without recovery of the vapour (butter or cheese dishes with cooling devices A47G19/26) - A61F 2007/0035: {Wrist} - A61F 2007/0059: {with an open fluid circuit} - A61F 2007/0063: {for cooling} - A61F 2007/0068: {evaporating on the spot to be cooled} - A61F 2007/0228: {with belt or strap, e.g. with buckle} - A61F 2007/026: {with a fluid absorbing layer} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - F28C: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION (safety devices in general F16P; fluid heaters having heat generating means F24H; with an intermediate heat-transfer medium coming into direct contact with heat-exchange media F28D15/00 - F28D19/00; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general application F28F) - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A body cooling system including a housing having a top portion, side portions, and a bottom portion. The top portion and the bottom portion include at least one opening. Additionally, the body cooling system includes at least one mesh layer and an absorbent layer at least partially surrounded by the mesh layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A body cooling system configured to be worn as a device by an individual, the body cooling system comprising: a housing including a top portion, side portions, and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion each include at least one opening and wherein the housing includes an ornamental design; a mesh layer including a hydrophobic coating; and an absorbent layer at least partially surrounded by the mesh layer, wherein the housing is configured to retain the mesh layer and the absorbent layer, wherein the hydrophobic coating of the mesh layer is on a side of the mesh layer facing the absorbent layer, and wherein the at least one opening in the bottom portion of the housing includes at least a portion of at least one of: the mesh layer and the absorbent layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening in the top portion of the housing is in fluid contact with ambient air. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic coating comprises silane. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The body cooling system of claim 3, wherein the silane is Trimethoxy(1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl)silane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer includes a mesh size of from 50×50 mesh to 250×250 mesh. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer includes a mesh size of 100×100 mesh. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer includes from 10% opening to 50% opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh includes at least 30% opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer is made of a material having anti-bacterial characteristics. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer is made of at least one of silver, copper, gold, aluminum, magnesium, sodium, graphite, tungsten, beryllium, zinc, nickel, steel, tantalum, stainless steel, and alloys thereof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the mesh layer is made of 304 stainless steel mesh. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the absorbent layer has 100% absorbing capacity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the absorbent layer comprises a material made of polypropylene or hydrogel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the absorbent layer comprises at least one of polyacrylamide copolymer, ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer, cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, cross-linked polyethylene oxide, and starch grafted copolymer of polyacrylonitrile. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the device is in the form of a bracelet or a neckless. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The body cooling system of claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic coating is on both sides of the mesh layer.