Patent ID: 8465351
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: A41D,A61F,A62B,B63C

Abstract:
1. An air delivery apparatus, comprising: a garment that is operable to be worn by an individual, said garment comprising as flexible air permeable fabric inner layer, a flexible air impermeable fabric outer layer, and an intermediate layer that is layered between the inner and outer layers, the intermediate layer having an inner side that abuts and attaches to the inner layer and an outer side that abuts and attaches to the outer layer, a thickness direction being defined between the inner side and the outer side and a span direction being defined perpendicular to the thickness direction, the intermediate layer including an intermediate channel that extends in the thickness direction from the inner side to the outer side, the intermediate channel also extending in the span direction across the garment, wherein the inner and outer layers lie over the intermediate channel such that the inner layer, the outer layer, and the intermediate layer cooperate to define at least one air channel in the garment, wherein said garment also includes a first hole extending through the inner layer and a second hole extending through the outer layer, the first and second holes at least partially overlapping each other to facilitate heat transfer through the first and second holes; an air compressor; an air reservoir fluidly connected to the air compressor; and an air distribution module fluidly connected to the air reservoir and capable of simultaneously delivering air to a plurality of said garments, wherein the intermediate channel branches off into a plurality of fluidly connected branches of the intermediate channel, and wherein the intermediate layer includes a middle portion that is disposed between the plurality of fluidly connected branches in the span direction, the first hole and the second hole lying over the middle portion of the intermediate layer in the span direction.