Patent Application
20230099988
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The disclosure relates to body suit devices and more particularly pertains to a new body suit device for warming a user's extremities that air that is heated by the user's body. The device includes a shirt that has air conduits integrated into the shirt and a pair of blowers that are integrated into the shirt. The device includes a pair of pants that has air conduits integrated into the pants which are fluidly coupled to the air conduits in the shirt. The device includes a pair of gloves with air conduits integrated into the gloves and a pair of foot pads with air conduits integrated into the foot pads. The air conduits in the gloves are fluidly coupled to the air conduits in the shirt and the air conduits in the foot pads are fluidly coupled to the air conduits in the pants. In this way the blowers can blow air warmed by the user's body into the gloves and the foot pads.
The prior art relates to body suit devices including a space suit heat exchanger that comprises a body suit with thermally conductive threads woven into the body suit for transferring heat to or away from an astronauts body when the astronaut is wearing a space suit. The prior art discloses a variety of heated garment which each includes heating elements that are integrated into the heated garment and a heater that heats the heating elements for warming a user. The prior art discloses a body suit that has conduits integrated into the body suit which are filled with a fluid that can be heated or cooled with an external heating or cooling unit.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of gloves and a pair of foot pads which each has a series of conduits integrated into the shirt, pants, gloves and foot pads. In this way air contained within the conduits is heated by the shirt when the shirt and pants are worn. The series of conduits in the pants is fluidly attached to the series of conduits in the shirt when each of the shirt and the pants are worn. The conduits in each of the gloves are fluidly coupled to the series of conduits in the shirt for warming the user's hands. The conduit in each of the foot pads are fluidly coupled to the conduits in the pants for warming the user's feet. A pair of blowers is positioned within the shirt to blow air throughout series of conduits in the shirt, the pants, the gloves and the foot pads.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The shirt 12 has a body 20 and a pair of sleeves 22, and the body 20 has a blower space 24 integrated within the body 20. The series of conduits 16 includes a set of upper conduits 26 and a set of lower conduits 28. Each of the upper conduits 26 extends between the blower space 24 and a cuff 30 of a respective one of the sleeves 22. Additionally, the outlets 18 associated with the upper conduits 26 extend outwardly through the cuff 30 of the respective sleeve 22. Each of the lower conduits 28 extends between the blower space 24 and a waist 31 of the shirt 12. Furthermore, the outlets 18 associated with the lower conduits 28 extend outwardly through the waist 30.
A pair of pants 32 is provided that can be worn on a user's legs 34 and lower torso 36. The pair of pants 32 is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that the pair pants 32 can be heated by the user's body when the pants 32 are worn. The pants 32 has a series of conduits 38 each integrated into the pants 32 such that air contained within the conduits 38 in the pants 32 is heated by the pants 32 when the pants 32 are heated by the user's body. The series of conduits 38 in the pants 32 includes a pair of inlets 40 and a pair of outlets 42. Each of the inlets 40 extends outwardly from a waist 44 of the pants 32 and each of the inlets 40 is fluidly attached to the outlets 18 associated with the set of lower conduits 28 in the shirt 12. In this way the conduits 38 in the pants 32 are in fluid communication with the lower conduits 28. Each of the outlets 42 of the conduits 38 in the pants 32 extends outwardly from a cuff 46 of a respective pair of legs 48 of the pants 32.
A pair of gloves 50 is provided that can be worn on the user's hands 52. Each of the gloves 50 is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that the gloves 50 are in thermal communication with the user's hands 52 when the gloves 50 are worn. Each of the gloves 50 has a series of hand conduits 54 that is each integrated into the gloves 50. The series of hand conduits 54 has an inlet 56 and the inlet 56 of the hand conduits 54 in each of the gloves 50 is fluidly coupled to a respective one of the outlets 18 of the series of conduits 16 in the shirt 12. In this way the hand conduits 54 receive the air heated by the user's body for warming the user's hands 52. The hand conduits 54 include a plurality of outlets 57 that extend through the glove 50 that direct the air onto the user's hands and fingers.
The inlet 56 associated with the hand conduits 54 extends outwardly through a wrist 58 of the respective glove 50. Furthermore, the inlet 56 of each of the hand conduits 54 is fluidly coupled to a respective one of the outlets 18 associated with the set of upper conduits 26 in the shirt 12. Each of the hand conduits 54 is positioned in a respective one of a plurality of fingers 60 on the respective glove 50 and a thumb 62 of the respective glove 50 to warm the user's fingers and thumbs. Each of the hand conduits 54 includes a ring portion 64 that is positioned in a palm 66 of the respective glove 50 to warm the user's hand. In an alternative embodiment 67 as is most clearly shown in
A pair of foot pads 68 is provided and each of the foot pads 68 can be placed on an insole 70 of a user's shoes 72. Each of the foot pads 68 is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that each of the foot pads 68 is in thermal communication with a respective one of the user's feet when the user wears the shoes 72. Each of the foot pads 68 has a foot conduit 74 that is integrated into the foot pads 68 and the foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 has an inlet 76. The inlet 76 of the foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 is fluidly coupled to a respective one of the outlets 42 associated with the series of conduits 38 in the pants 32. In this way the foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 can receive the air heated by the user's body for warming the user's feet 78.
Each of the foot pads 68 has a basal portion 80 and an upright portion 82 extending upwardly from the basal portion 80. The foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 is oriented to be coextensive with a perimeter 84 of the respective foot pad 68. Additionally, the inlet 76 of the foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 extends outwardly from a distal end 84 of the upright portion 82 of the respective foot pad 68. The upright portion 82 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to inhibit the foot conduit 74 from pressing uncomfortably against the user's ankle. The foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 includes a plurality of outlets 85 that each extends through the foot pads 68 to blow air onto the user's feet 78.
A pair of blowers 86 is provided and each of the blowers 86 is positioned within the blower space 24 in the shirt 12. Each of the blowers 86 is in fluid communication with the series of conduits in the shirt 12. In this way each of the blowers 86 can blow air throughout the series of conduits in the shirt 12, each of the hand conduits 54, the series of conduits in the pants 32 and the foot conduit 74 in each of the foot pads 68 when the blowers 86 are turned on. Each of the blowers 86 has an output 88, and the pair of blowers 86 includes a first blower 90 and a second blower 92. The output 88 of the first blower 90 is fluidly coupled to the set of upper conduits 26 and the output 88 of the second blower 92 is fluidly coupled to the set of lower conduits 28. Each of the blowers 86 may comprise an electric fan or other type of electronic air blower.
A conductor 94 is provided that is electrically coupled to each of the first blower 90 and the second blower 92, and the conductor 94 extends outwardly from the shirt 12. A power supply 96 is electrically coupled to a distal end 98 of the conductor 94. The power supply 96 comprises a housing 100 that is positioned on the distal end 98 of the conductor 94. In this way the housing 100 is accessible to the user when the user wears the shirt 12. The power supply 96 includes at least one battery 102 that is positioned within the housing 100 and the at least one battery 102 is electrically coupled to the conductor 94. The power supply 96 includes a power switch 104 that is slidably integrated into the housing 100 such that the power switch 104 can be manipulated by the user. The power switch 104 is electrically coupled to the conductor 94 and the power switch 104 is in electrical communication with each of the first blower 90 and the second blower 92 for turning the first blower 90 and the second blower 92 on and off.
In use, the shirt 12 and the pants 32 are worn beneath the user's clothing when the user is expected to be exposed to cold temperatures and each of the inlets 40 of the conduits 38 in the pants 32 is fluidly coupled to the outlets 18 of the lower conduits 28 in the shirt 12. The gloves 50 are worn and the inlets 56 of the hand conduits 54 are fluidly coupled to the outlets 18 of the upper conduits 26 in the shirt 12. The foot pads 68 are positioned on the insole 70 of the user's shoes 72 and the inlets 76 of the foot conduits 74 is fluidly coupled to the outlet 42 of the conduits 38 in the pants 32. In this way the blowers 86 can blow air that is heated by the user's body into the hand conduits 54 and the foot conduits 74 for warming the user's hands 52 and feet 78. Additionally, the user's body continually heats the air in the conduits in the shirt 12 and the conduits in the pants 32 thereby facilitating a nearly endless supply of warmed air for the user's hands 52 and feet 78.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
