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US 8,978,169 B2Granted
Protective clothing ensemble with two-stage evaporative cooling
OwnerLarry Berglund, Reed Hoytinventors
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Abstract
A hazardous materials protective garment may use a two-stage evaporative cooling process to ease heat strain on the wearer of the garment. The garment may include an impermeable inner layer and a wicking outer layer. One or more reservoirs may be disposed interior to the inner layer for collecting condensed and/or unevaporated sweat. One or more pumps may move the sweat to the exterior of the impermeable layer for distribution in the wicking layer and evaporation from the garment.
Claims31
A protective garment for an animate being, comprising:
- an impermeable inner layer;
- a reservoir disposed interior to the inner layer, for collecting sweat from the animate being;
- an external reservoir disposed exterior to the inner layer for containing water, the external reservoir being fluidly connecter to the reservoir;
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- a pump for moving the sweat from the reservoir to a location external to the inner layer.
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