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US 6,481,021 B2Granted
Cooling headwear
OwnerRonald C. Spellinventor
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Abstract
Provided herein are articles of headwear that comprise a pouch portion which may be charged with ice. Ice so charged is caused to melt under the effects of ambient temperature and is caused to drip from the pouch portion onto the neck of a person wearing such article. According to a preferred form of the invention, the head of a wearer is not contacted by ice or water during use of such article.
Claims28
A headwear article useful for cooling its wearer comprising:
- a) a head fitment portion;
- and
- b) a pouch portion having an opening portion through which ice may be charged into said pouch,
- wherein said pouch comprises a first panel disposed towards the neck of the wearer and a second panel disposed away from the neck of the wearer, said panels being attached to one another so as to provide said pouch with an interior portion between said panels which is adapted to contain ice, said pouch having an upper portion and a lower portion, and wherein said pouch is affixed directly to said head fitment portion at said upper portion, such that a portion of the first panel beneath which said interior portion lies is disposed to be in direct contact with the neck of the wearer
- and wherein said pouch portion comprise a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein said width dimension of said pouch portion is defined by an angle α that measures the coextensive extension of said pouch portion about the head of a wearer of such article, wherein α may be any angle between 30 degrees and 300 degrees, including every degree therebetween.
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A headwear article useful for cooling its wearer comprising:
- a) a head fitment portion;
- and
- b) a pouch portion,
- wherein said pouch portion includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and an interior portion adapted to contain ice, and wherein said pouch portion is affixed to said head fitment portion at the upper portion of said pouch portion, and wherein said pouch portion is disposed sufficiently to be in contact with the neck of said wearer, said panels each having a length dimension and a width dimension that define their surface area and the interior portion that is adapted to contain ice is of such size that at least 75% of the surface area of said panels is used in defining the dimensions of the interior portion
- and wherein said pouch portion comprise a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein said width dimension of said pouch portion is defined by an angle α that measures the coextensive extension of said pouch portion about the head of a wearer of such article, wherein α may be any angle between 30 degrees and 300 degrees, including every degree therebetween.
2 more elements
A headwear article useful for cooling its wearer comprising:
- a) a head fitment portion;
- and
- b) a pouch portion,
- wherein said pouch portion includes:
- i) an upper portion;
- ii) a lower portion, and
- iii) an interior portion adapted to contain ice, said interior portion including a bottom portion,
- wherein said bottom portion of said interior portion coincides substantially with the lower portion of the pouch, and wherein said pouch portion is affixed to said head fitment portion at the upper portion of said pouch portion, and wherein said pouch portion is disposed sufficiently to be in contact with the neck of said wearer
- and wherein said pouch portion comprise a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein said width dimension of said pouch portion is defined by an angle α that measures the coextensive extension of said pouch portion about the head of a wearer of such article, wherein α may be any angle between 30 degrees and 300 degrees, including every degree therebetween.
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A headwear article useful for cooling its wearer comprising:
- a) a head fitment portion;
- and
- b) a pouch portion,
- wherein said pouch portion includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and an interior portion adapted to contain ice, wherein said pouch portion is a plastic bag of singular construction having an upper portion and a lower edge portion, and having perforations along its lower edge, and wherein said pouch portion is affixed to said head fitment portion at the upper portion of said pouch portion, and wherein said pouch portion is disposed sufficiently to be in contact with the neck of said wearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.