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US 11,650,017 B2Granted
Duplex thermal transfer pack
OwnerBryan E. Kilbeyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a duplex thermal transfer pack. The pack includes a large bag containing many smaller sub bags. Each sub bag contains plain water. The volume within the large bag but outside the sub bags contains a second substance. This second substance freezes with a consistency akin to crushed ice or packed snow. The second substance allows the thermal transfer pack to remain malleable even when its contents are frozen.
Claims20
A duplex thermal transfer system for a user, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of sealed bags each having an interior;
- (b) a plurality of sub bags contained within said interior of each of said sealed bags;
- (c) wherein each of said sub bags contains plain water;
- (d) an interstitial volume within said interior of each of said sealed bags but outside said sub bags;
- (e) wherein said interstitial volume in each of said sealed bags is filled with a solid-pliable heat transfer medium;
- (f) wherein said sub bags are unattached to said sealed bag in which said sub bags reside and to each other, leaving them free to move within said sealed bag in which said sub bags reside;
- (g) a vest, said vest having a left front panel, a right front panel, and a back panel;
- (h) said left front panel, said right front panel, and said back panel each having interior surfaces covered in loop material, said interior surfaces being innermost surfaces of said vest;
- (i) each of said sealed bags having an outward facing surface and an inward facing surface;
- (j) said outward facing surfaces of said sealed bags each having a hook panel;
- (k) a first of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said left front panel by an engagement between a first of said hook panels on said first of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said left front panel, said first of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said interior surface of said left front panel;
- (l) a second of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said back panel by an engagement between a second of said hook panels on said second of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said back panel, said second of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said interior surface of said back panel;
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- (m) a third of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said right front panel by an engagement between a third of said hook panels on said third of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said right front panel, said third of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said right front panel.
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A duplex thermal transfer system for a user, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of sealed bags having an interior;
- (b) a plurality of sub bags contained within said interior of each of said sealed bags;
- (c) wherein each of said sub bags contains plain water;
- (d) each of said sealed bags including a valve configured to allow air to pass into and out of said sealed bag;
- (e) a solid-pliable heat transfer medium contained within said interior of each of said sealed bags but outside of said sub bags;
- (f) wherein said sub bags are unattached to said sealed bag in which said sub bags reside and unattached to each other, leaving them free to move within said sealed bag in which said sub bags reside;
- (g) a vest having a left front panel, a right front panel, and a back panel;
- (h) said left front panel, said right front panel, and said back panel each having interior surfaces covered in loop material, said interior surfaces being innermost surface of said vest;
- (i) each of said sealed bags having an outward facing surface and in inward facing surface;
- (j) said outward facing surfaces of said sealed bags each having a hook panel;
- (k) a first of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said left front panel by an engagement between a first of said hook panels on said first of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said left front panel, said first of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said interior surface of said left front panel;
- (l) a second of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said back panel by an engagement between a second of said hook panels on said second of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said back panel, said second of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said interior surface of said back panel;
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- (m) a third of said sealed bags being attached to said interior surface of said right front panel by an engagement between a third of said hook panels on said third of said sealed bags and said loop material on said interior surface of said right front panel, said third of said sealed bags being in an arbitrary position and orientation with respect to said right front panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.