Portable personal cooling system
AssigneeAfter Hours Design LLC
InventorSean Thomas
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Abstract
A cooling system, such as a cooling vest, includes a cooling panel having a cooling panel body having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space between the front wall and the rear wall. A cooling member is positionable within the interior space of the cooling panel body, such as by being removably insertable thereinto. The cooling panel includes a conduction surface adapted to directly or indirectly contact an individual, such as a wearer, wherein the conduction surface is cooled by the cooling member in the interior space. Optionally, a fan can blow air chilled by the cooling member towards the individual so the individual can also experience convection cooling.
Claims22
A cooling vest for cooling a wearer, the cooling vest comprising:
- a cooling panel, the cooling panel comprising:
- a cooling panel body having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space between the front wall and the rear wall,
- a cooling member positionable within the interior space of the cooling panel body, the cooling member comprising a cooling sheet having a rear facing side and a front facing side, and
- a fan member positionable on the cooling panel body;
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- a supporting system adapted to support the cooling panel in proximity to the wearer's front or rear torso,
- wherein the cooling panel includes a conduction surface adapted to directly or indirectly contact the wearer, wherein both the cooling sheet rear facing side and the cooling sheet front facing side are cool in operation, wherein the conduction surface is cooled by the cooling member in the interior space, and wherein the fan member can blow air chilled by the cooling sheet towards the wearer in order to provide convection cooling.
A cooling vest for cooling a wearer, the cooling vest comprising:
- a cooling panel, the cooling panel comprising:
- a cooling panel body having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space between the front wall and the rear wall,
- a cooling member positionable within the interior space of the cooling panel body, and
- a fan member positionable on the cooling panel body;
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- a supporting system adapted to support the cooling panel in proximity to the wearer's front or rear torso,
- wherein the cooling panel includes a conduction surface adapted to directly or indirectly contact the wearer, wherein the conduction surface is cooled by the cooling member in the interior space, and wherein the fan member can blow air towards the wearer, and
- wherein the cooling member comprises one or more cooling sheets, each cooling sheet comprising one or more compartments containing a cooling medium that can be chilled prior to insertion of the cooling member into the interior space.
A cooling vest for cooling a wearer, the cooling vest comprising:
- a cooling panel, the cooling panel comprising:
- a cooling panel body having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space between the front wall and the rear wall,
- a cooling member positionable within the interior space of the cooling panel body, and
- a fan member positionable on the cooling panel body;
- and
- a supporting system adapted to support the cooling panel in proximity to the wearer's front or rear torso,
- wherein the cooling panel body comprises a panel air inlet, a panel air outlet, and an airflow pathway between the panel air inlet and the panel air outlet, wherein air in the airflow pathway is chilled by the cooling member in the interior space, and wherein the fan member receives chilled air from the panel air outlet and blows the chilled air towards the wearer.
A method of cooling a wearer of a cooling vest, the method comprising:
- providing a cooling vest comprising a cooling panel, the cooling panel comprising a cooling panel body having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space between the front wall and the rear wall;
- providing a cooling member in the interior space of the cooling panel body;
- positioning a fan member on the cooling panel body;
- supporting the cooling panel in proximity to the wearer's front or rear torso;
- cooling a conduction surface of the cooling panel body with the cooling member;
- directly or indirectly contacting the wearer with the conduction surface of the cooling panel body to cool the wearer by conduction cooling;
- cooling air in the interior space with the cooling member;
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- using the fan member to blow the air cooled in the interior space towards the wearer to cool the wearer by convection cooling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.