Body warming device

A body warming device for warming one of any of the extremities of a person's body proximate a sympathetic center located therein, said extremities including the hands and feet of said person's body, said body warming device being used in conjunction with a nonelectric heat source for elevating the temperature within said body warming device, said body warming device comprising:

• a covering member defining an opening and a unitary, non-partitioned interior volume for the insertion of a portion of said selected extremity of said person's body, said unitary, non-partitioned interior volume defining an inside perimeter, the entire said inside perimeter closely conforming to a perimeter of said portion of said selected extremity such that said unitary, non-partitioned interior volume is substantially filled, said selected extremity including said sympathetic center, said covering member being capable of being selectively moved between a first selected position and a second selected position, said covering member being dimensioned to closely receive and encapsulate at least a portion of one of said feet of said person's body when engaged in said first selected position and to closely receive and encapsulate at least a portion of at least one of said hands of said person's body when engaged in said second selected position, said covering member being fabricated from a water repellant material;
• a heat source receptacle carried by said covering member for receiving said nonelectric heat source within a selected portion of said covering member, said heat source receptacle being positioned such that when said nonelectric heat source is received therein, said nonelectric heat source is positioned proximate said sympathetic center, said heat source receptacle being fabricated from a heat permeable material, said heat source receptacle including a pocket member defining an opening, said opening cooperating with an opening defined by said covering member to receive said nonelectric heat source, said pocket member being secured to said covering member proximate said covering member opening;
• insulation for controlling said temperature within said body warming device, said insulation being fabricated from a non-migratory material, and being positioned between said covering member and said heat source receptacle, said insulation defining an opening proximate said opening of said covering member and said opening of said pocket member to cooperate with said covering member and said pocket member to facilitate said reception of said nonelectric heat source into said heat source receptacle;
• a closure member for preventing said nonelectric heat source from being unselectively removed from said heat source receptacle;
• a lining member for protecting said insulation, said lining member being configured to define a perimeter substantially similar to a perimeter defined by said covering member, said lining member being secured to said covering member about said perimeters defined by each of said lining member and said covering member, said insulation being positioned between said covering member and said lining member;
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• a securement member defining a continuous retainer strap fixed at opposite ends to said covering member proximate opposing sides of said opening, said retainer strap being dimensioned to selectively engage a heel portion of one of said feet of said person's body when said covering member is engaged in said first selected position, said retainer strap biasing said covering member toward said heel portion to prevent unselected removal of said body warming device, and said retainer strap further being dimensioned to selectively engage a selected garment worn on said person's body when said covering member is engaged in said second selected position.