Patent ID: 9717287
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. A climate control vest comprising: a flexible exterior layer defines (a) a head opening area, (b) left and right arm opening areas, (c) a front surface configured to cover an individual's front torso, including shoulders, and lumbar area, (d) a back surface configured to cover the individual's back torso area, and (e) a belt configuration joined to back surface and configured to cover the individual's back lumbar area and has at least one extension that extends (i) beyond one of the left or right arm opening areas and (ii) over at least a part of the front surface's flexible exterior layer to secure to another part of the belt configuration; a flexible middle layer positioned between the flexible exterior layer and a flexible first interior layer; at least one pocket at the vest's (i) front torso or lumbar areas, (ii) back torso area and (iii) back lumbar area to receive a temperature altering or control apparatus, each pocket is defined by a flexible second interior layer attached to certain portions of the flexible first interior layer except for an opening to receive the temperature altering or control apparatus; wherein the flexible second interior layer is a phase change fabric, the phase change material stores, releases or absorbs heat as the phase change material oscillates between solid and liquid form, giving off heat as the phase change material changes to a solid state and absorbing heat as the phase change material returns to a liquid state.