Manually Operated Electrical Power Generators For Body Heating and Powering Other Devices

Abstract

A portable electrical generator including: a housing; a generator disposed within the housing and operable by a user from outside the housing to generate electrical energy; an output for outputting the energy from the generator to another device; and a connector to connect the housing to an other device or an article of clothing. The generator can include a cord having a portion within the housing and a portion movable outside the housing and connected to the generator such that pulling the cord to move the movable portion away from the housing produces the energy. The output and the connector can include contacts disposed on an external surface of the housing where the contacts can be magnetic contacts for releasably connecting the housing to mating magnetic contacts on the other device or the article of clothing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.