Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062259300 | With body applicator | 41 |
20080209932 | Cooling Device - A cooling device, which includes a cooling solution and an absorption means; such that the cooling solution includes one or more low boiling point alcohols, one or more cooling sensates and water; wherein the total concentration of low boiling point alcohols is between 5% and 25% of the cooling solution; the total concentration of cooling sensates is up to 20% of the cooling solution, and the concentration of any single cooling sensate is a maximum of 10% of the cooling solution; and the water concentration is at least 50% of the cooling solution, wherein at least part of the absorption means is configured to releasably absorb any cooling solution applied to it and, in use, allow contact between a user's skin and the cooling solution; and wherein said absorption means is a flexible garment configured to closely fit one or more body parts of the user. | 09-04-2008 |
20080289351 | Body Cooling Device - A cooling device for cooling a portion of a body. The device includes a curved bias member disposed in a bias member chamber, and a plurality of elongated liquid permeable containers comprising a plurality of elongated chambers, wherein each have a plurality of liquid absorbent particles disposed therein. The elongated chambers are in fluid communication with a plurality of compartments, and configured to redistribute the particles in the containers. The particles have a thermal conductivity constant less than that of ice; and the particles expand into a gel and occupy a volume of the containers when the device is immersed into a liquid. In other embodiments, the bias member has a pair of end portions extending outwardly therefrom in a substantially orthogonal orientation, forming an omega shaped bias member. | 11-27-2008 |
20090126386 | Portable cooling device - A portable cooling device has a vacuum bottle, a pump, an outflow pipe, a thermal exchanger and a return pipe. The vacuum bottle holds a coolant and has an outer casing and a vacuum flask. The outer casing has a chamber. The vacuum flask is mounted in the chamber. The pump is mounted on the vacuum bottle to pump the coolant out of the vacuum bottle. The outflow pipe connects to the pump. The thermal exchanger connects to the outflow pipe, is filled by the coolant and is placed adjacent to a person to lower his body temperature. The return pipe connects between the thermal exchanger and the vacuum bottle to form a flow circle. Consequently, the portable cooling device efficiently cools the body temperature. Moreover, having the vacuum bottle to hold and insulate the coolant elongates effective cooling time of the cooling device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090235680 | COOLING SYSTEM BY CONTACT - A cooling system which comprises a cooling fluid to cool a body or object, and at least a cold transmission surface in direct or indirect contact with said body or object. It is characterized in that it comprises at least a device for collecting and storing frigories that can receive a preset quantity of cooling fluid from an external charging device, store said frigories and transmit them at a preset velocity and temperature to said cold transmission surface. It is obtained a system in which it is not necessary to use a cryogenic deposit forming part of it, so that the security is enhanced and the cost is reduced. Further, the invention comprises a device ( | 09-24-2009 |
20100101253 | EVAPORATIVE COOLING DEVICE FOR COOLING WATER OR OTHER LIQUIDS AND A COOLING GARMENT INCORPORATING THE SAME - An evaporative cooling device ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100154454 | AIR COOLING DEVICE - A vest including inflatable tubes or chambers which receive cool air from a blower box. The vest includes an outer surface and inner surface, the two surfaces joined to defined a multiplicity of tubes. The tubes carry jets which may vent cool air, received form a remote cool air blower box. The jets will ventilate the skin of the wearer both where it is exposed and where the skin is covered by the garment itself. | 06-24-2010 |
20100186435 | Arrangement for Cooling the Body of Individuals or the Like - An assembly for cooling the body of a person or another body has cooling elements that are movably connected to one another, contain a cooling liquid, and are arranged in the form of a cape or shawl which can be worn about the body of the person or the like for the purpose of being cooled. In order to provide such a cooling arrangement, which allows particularly rapid and efficient cooling of the body, provision is made for the cooling elements to contain within them a material, for example graphite, which is a good thermal conductor in relation to the cooling liquid and is intended for absorbing the cooling liquid. | 07-29-2010 |
20100186436 | HEAD COOLER - A head cooler ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100223943 | WATERTIGHT CONTAINER FOR USE WITH A COOLING GARMENT - A watertight container has a container body, and first and second elongate locking elements. The container body includes a side wall that defines an interior and extends to a perimeter that defines an opening to the interior of the watertight container. The perimeter of the container body has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a first plurality of apertures, and the second portion has a second plurality of apertures. The first and second elongate locking element are rigid and adapted to abut the first and second portions, respectively, of the perimeter of the container body. A plurality of fasteners removably fasten the first and second elongate locking elements together, such that the first and second elongate locking elements together seal closed the opening of the container body. | 09-09-2010 |
20100236267 | WEARABLE PERSONAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A personal air conditioning device cools and moistens environmentally hot and dry blower-forced air using water vaporization occurring on external surface of a hollow fiber micro-porous membrane while water or other liquid coolant is taken from a container by means of internal capillaries of hollow fiber tubes. The device is able to deliver the pre-cooled air flow over any desired body fragment, particularly under a protective vest. | 09-23-2010 |
20100287965 | Cooling Garment - A new method of sandwiching evaporative cooling materials such as Polyacrylamide crystals in between two or more outer layers of thin membrane is disclosed. The Polyacrylamide crystals are retained through the heat welding—as opposed to the traditional stitching—of the outer membranes to each other. This allows for the resulting material to be cut into a variety of patterns that can later be sewn or heat welded together to form a variety of cooling products. It also allows for heat-stamping where the heat-stamping machine has patterns that are welded onto the membranes, trapping the evaporative cooling components in one or more patterns, which can be located over specific body regions for effective cooling and/or cushioning and protection of that body region. Patterns can be designed such that negative spaces are created, whereby airflow can be channeled to accelerate the evaporative cooling process over certain body regions. | 11-18-2010 |
20100319381 | Body Armor Suite Cooling System - A body cooling system is provided for utilization with a protective suit worn by a person. The cooling system includes an external air flow source that produces an air flow and blows it in free atmosphere towards an evaporative cooling apparatus. A fluid volume flows from the cooling apparatus to a conduit contained in an undersuit worn under the protective overcoat. A pump circulates fluid through the conduit. The undersuit includes both an envelope, surrounding an outer surface of the conduit, and a cloth layer, situated closest to the skin, to aid in a transfer of heat from a body to the fluid flowing in the conduit. The evaporative cooling apparatus can include a radiator body having finger-like projections extending therefrom. A fluid channel is formed within the evaporative cooling apparatus for egress of the heated fluid carried away from the undersuit. | 12-23-2010 |
20100319382 | Blanket That Keeps A Person's Body Cool In The Hot Sun Complete With Matching Bag - A cooling mat having a top sheet of a glossy vinyl material, a bottom sheet of a glossy vinyl material attached to the top sheet to provide a mat having a cavity located between the top and bottom sheets of glossy vinyl and a water/gel mixture located in the cavity between the top and bottom sheets of glossy vinyl. A cap and nozzle assembly is located on the top sheet of glossy vinyl material for passing the water/gel mixture into the cavity and fabric edging is located around the perimeter of the mat. | 12-23-2010 |
20110048048 | Personal Cooling System - A personal cooling system operates by pumping liquid through a garment. Because the personal cooling system pumps liquid, the compression system that generates the cooling power does not require the use of a condenser. The compression system utilizes a compression wave. An evaporator of the cooling system operates in the critical flow regime in which the pressure in an evaporator tube will remain almost constant and then ‘jump’ or ‘shock up’ to an increased pressure. | 03-03-2011 |
20110162401 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COOLING THE BODY IN EXTREME HEAT ENVIRONMENTS - An apparatus and system fit on or around an individual's person. The apparatus contains a series of pockets containing a cooling agent. The cooling agent is activated through water of some other agent along with the individual's own body heat. As the cooling agent is activated, cooling treatment is released from the cooling agent and is absorbed by the body and thereby cools the body. | 07-07-2011 |
20110197613 | Race car cooler - A portable, self-contained race car cooler comprises an enclosure divided interiorly by vented baffles into separate cooling and fan compartments. A removable top covers the enclosure. Air is drawn through the enclosure and between adjacent cooling compartments by an electric fan. A plurality of removable canisters, frictionally fitted through orifices in the top, store “dry ice” for cooling. Each canister is peripherally restrained by a plurality of radially spaced-apart J-hooks emanating from the top that are biased inwardly by an elastic band. The J-hooks peripherally grasp the canisters and provide a detent for snappingly engaging or releasing the canisters. A heat-exchange standoff is secured beneath each canister upon the enclosure floor and comprises a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel rails with air passageways defined between them. Cooler lids removably coupled to the canisters are externally serviceable. Carbon dioxide venting is provided. | 08-18-2011 |
20110239682 | Device for Stimulating Adaptive Thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue - A garment is provided which comprises (a) a first portion constructed from stretchable material that is form fitting to a user's physique and that extends across any of the following body segments of the user; the collar bone, the neck, the upper spine, the armpit area; and (b) a cooling composition disposed in said first portion, said cooling composition comprising a material that may or may not undergo a phase change to apply a cooling effect to the collar bone area of the user. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252822 | COOLING PLATFORM - A cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers. | 10-20-2011 |
20110289954 | SHOULDER MOUNTED HOOD COOLING SYSTEM - A shoulder mounted hood cooling assembly includes a support, a blower carried by the support, and vents in fluid communication with the blower. The support when worn by a user positions at least a portion of the support adjacent the user's shoulder's and the vents are positioned to direct air exhausted from the blower to a neck or to a head or both the neck and the head of the user. | 12-01-2011 |
20120011873 | MICROENVIRONMENTAL COOLING SYSTEM - A microenvironmental cooling system is disclosed. The microenvironmental system includes a pressure box or a pressure source upstream of an evaporator. Downstream of an evaporator is a personal cooling device, which is adapted to lay adjacent or on the skin of the user. The evaporator includes an evaporator coil (having fins and a coolant tube) and a housing and walls configured to direct the airflow through the housing, in several embodiments, multiple times across the longitudinal axis fins of the coil. | 01-19-2012 |
20120055187 | Device For Stimulating Adaptive Thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue - A garment is provided which comprises (a) a first portion constructed from stretchable material that is form fitting to a user's physique and that extends across any of a user's collar bone, neck, upper spine, or armpit area; and (b) a cooling composition disposed in said first portion, said cooling composition comprising a material that applies a cooling effect to the collar bone area of the user. | 03-08-2012 |
20120117997 | Body Core Thermo-regulation Cooling Sleeve - The present invention is a cooling sleeve, which has a sheath and a gas cartridge. The sheath is able to slip over a user's clothed arm), and includes a chamber disposed within the sheath. The chamber is able to thermally communicate with the user's arm. The gas cartridge supplies cooling gases to the chamber such that the user's arm is cooled, whereby the user's core temperature is cooled. | 05-17-2012 |
20120151951 | Cool vest - A method and apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient comprises a vest receiving at least a portion of the body and head. The vest comprises a frontal opening with adjustable Velcro adhesive for accommodating different patients and two openings for the arms with rubber-tubing coiled between two layers of fabric, one being thermal insulated. The rubber-tubing from the vest will be connected to a pump then connected to a copper-tubing coil inside a cooler to form a closed circuit loop between the rubber-tubing, copper-tubing coil and pump. Water or other liquids will be circulated via pump into vest from copper-tubing coil inside a cooler filled with ice. The vest, pump and copper coil will be portable and there will be two union connectors, two tee connectors, and a manual diverter to enable unit to also be powered via a stationary cooling motor if so desired. | 06-21-2012 |
20120167607 | Cooled surface for animals - In the embodiment of my invention, a cooled surface is provided for a dog or other animal to lie upon. The cooled surface is a refrigerated surface. In the embodiment, the surface is the exterior surface of a thermally conductive plate that is one wall of a refrigerated space. | 07-05-2012 |
20120227432 | Body temperature control system - In an embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a heat exchanger including a compressor and having a pump coupled to the heat exchanger. The system further includes a personal garment, the personal garment including an internal bladder with inflow and outflow fluid tubing. The fluid tubing is coupled to the heat exchanger. | 09-13-2012 |
20120272675 | HUMAN BODY COOLING APPARATUS - A human body cooling apparatus including: an exterior element in which two covering members in a seat shape each having a front cloth formed of a fabric-like material, and a backing cloth formed of a non-water absorbent material which is weldable by heating are put one upon another; a cooling medium containing gel internally packed within cooling medium areas continuously formed within the exterior element in areas other than the outer edge welded portion and the plurality of cooling medium excluding portions defined by the partially welded portions in the internal area; and an outer edge sealed portion in a rectangular shape provided by sewing over an outer edge of the exterior element. | 11-01-2012 |
20120285191 | Cooling Clothing System and Method for Use of Same - A cooling clothing system and method for use of the same are disclosed for providing temporary cooling comfort to a human wearer. An article of clothing and belt correspond to the human skeletal system to mitigate encumbered movement. Multiple sealable pouches are formed within the article of clothing and belt. Each of the respective exterior sealable pouches defines a volume for selectively accepting a pack of heat exchange material. The heat exchange material includes a melting/freezing temperature in a temperature range of about 50° F. and about 70° F. During use, thermal gradients are formed from the skin of the human wearer to the heat exchange material, thereby providing temporary cooling comfort to the human wearer. | 11-15-2012 |
20120304678 | Device for Cooling Persons - Device for cooling persons comprises a housing, which extends from an inlet end to an outlet end, and a snow generator, which opens out at the inlet end of the housing. A snow outlet is provided at the outlet end of the housing and a swirling module, which the snow particles generated by the snow generator pass on their way from the inlet end to the outlet end of the housing, is provided in the housing. | 12-06-2012 |
20130025315 | EVAPORATIVE STRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY FOR BODY COOLING - A generally planar, conformable evaporative structure, particularly for incorporation in a garment or an item of personal protective equipment as part of a system to cool the wearer's body, includes an envelope of substantially impermeable, flexible material containing: a layer of flexible wick material disposed adjacent to a major face of the envelope and adapted to hold a working fluid in liquid phase for evaporation by heat conducted through the envelope; a layer of flexible, breathable fabric in parallel with the layer of wick material; and an array of flexible ribs such as open helical coils within the layer of breathable fabric adapted to maintain pathways for the flow of working fluid in vapour phase towards a condensation zone. | 01-31-2013 |
20130298589 | COOLING LININGS - A cooling lining comprises an outer ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130319031 | Cooling Unit - A cooling unit that can be used with or without a garment, such as a ballistic vest, that covers a user's torso when worn by the user. The cooling unit includes a fan for blowing ambient air; a manifold for distributing to the torso the air that is blown by the fan; and a hose for connecting the fan to the manifold. The manifold may be formed of three overlying panels that are secured together, including an outer panel, a central panel, and an inner panel that is closest to the user's torso when the cooling unit is being worn. No modification of the vest is necessary to accommodate the cooling unit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140090410 | AIR COOLING DEVICE - The present invention is an air cooling device that includes a base casing, an air flap disposed on top of the base casing that expels cool air from the base casing, a rotatable roll knob that allows a user to adjust a temperature of the expelled cool air and an attachment band attached to the base casing worn on by the user. There is also an air intake port that receives surrounding exterior air, a battery cover that covers and protects a battery housing, an activation switch, an enclosed mini-fan that provides suction to the surrounding air and a plurality of batteries that provide power to the air cooling device, where the batteries are housed in the battery housing. | 04-03-2014 |
20140216091 | PRESSURE ACTIVATED RECHARGING COOLING PLATFORM - A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers. | 08-07-2014 |
20150059390 | Low temperature wearable cooling device for stimulating weight-loss and related methods - Disclosed are several embodiments of wearable cooling devices for applying low temperatures to the human body for the purpose of inducing calorie burn over and above resting metabolic rate, even if the wearer is resting, and for the ultimate purpose of weight loss. It is an objective of this disclosure to describe the wearable cooling devices so that low temperatures are applied comprehensively over regions of the body that will induce significant calorie burn. A further objective of this disclosure is to describe garments that effectively exchange heat from a tight skin-to-garment interface that covers a large surface area of the body. | 03-05-2015 |
20150289474 | PRESSURE ACTIVATED RECHARGING COOLING PLATFORM - A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers. | 10-15-2015 |
20150335096 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HUMAN MOTION CONTROLLED WEARABLE REFRIGERATION - A wearable, portable, self-contained refrigeration/cooling garment may effectively convert the energy of human movement into heat flux. The heat flux can then used to actively control the temperature of the human body or of part of it. In one example of the present disclosure, the garment is a type of footwear powered by the wearer's ambulation. | 11-26-2015 |
20160007661 | Personal Cooling Assembly | 01-14-2016 |
20160029711 | EVAPORATIVE STRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY FOR BODY COOLING - A generally planar, conformable evaporative structure, particularly for incorporation in a garment or an item of personal protective equipment as part of a system to cool the wearer's body, includes an envelope of substantially impermeable, flexible material containing: a layer of flexible wick material disposed adjacent to a major face of the envelope and adapted to hold a working fluid in liquid phase for evaporation by heat conducted through the envelope; a layer of flexible, breathable fabric in parallel with the layer of wick material; and an array of flexible ribs such as open helical coils within the layer of breathable fabric adapted to maintain pathways for the flow of working fluid in vapour phase towards a condensation zone. | 02-04-2016 |
20160128396 | Air distribution system for individual cooling - A self-contained air distribution system for an individual which can distribute air over the chest, back, head, or skin of the individual, the system including a battery operated blower fan in communication with the plenum and manifold, the manifold having primary exhaust nozzles which may be attached to secondary distribution conduits extending over the chest, back, or head of the individual, thereby allowing air to selectively escape providing a cooling and evaporate effect. | 05-12-2016 |
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