Hardhat with protected overhead cooling fan and method

A hardhat with a protected overhead cooling fan, said hardhat comprising:

• a main hardhat body component having an upper aperture through which air is drawn and pulled down into a battery powered cooling fan mounted from an interior of the main hardhat body component;
• a fan cover component spaced from and permanently adhered to a top exterior of the main hardhat body component over the electric fan;
• a plurality of linear ridges for spacing the fan cover component at least about ¼ inch from the top exterior of the main hardhat body component;
• a battery pack for powering the cooling fan;
• and
• a plurality of wires for connecting the cooling fan in the main hardhat body component to the battery pack.

A method for providing a hardhat wearer with a protected, battery powered overhead cooling fan, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) supplying a main hardhat component with an upper aperture through which air can be drawn from above and pulled down into a battery powered cooling fan having an on-off switch and mounted to an interior of the main hardhat body component;
• (b) providing a fan cover component, said fan cover component having a plurality of linear ridges for spacing said fan cover component at least about ¼ inch from and permanently adhering the fan cover component to a top exterior of the main hardhat body component at least directly over the cooling fan;
• (c) supplying a rechargeable battery pack with connecting wires to power the cooling fan;
• and
• (d) powering the battery pack so that the hardhat wearer may turn the protected cooling fan on and off as needed.