Patent ID: 8136169
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A combined headwear and cooling system for circulating air along a user head, said combined headwear and cooling system comprising: a headwear having a curvilinear region adapted to be situated about the user head; means for introducing and circulating external ambient air throughout an entire inner surface area of said curvilinear region; and means for selectively discharging the external ambient air from said inner surface area in such a manner that a discharge rate of the external ambient air is regulated along a plurality of separate target zones defined along said curvilinear region; wherein said external ambient air introducing and circulating means comprises a protective casing positioned external of a peak of said headwear; a user interface displayed on an exterior surface of said curvilinear region and being accessible while said headwear is seated on the user head; a motor housed within said casing, said motor being electrically coupled to said power source and said user interface respectively; an internal cavity extending inwardly from a circumference of said curvilinear region and being oriented along the entire inner surface area thereof; and a rotary fan situated subjacent to said casing and further being disposed within said internal cavity for circulating the external ambient air therein; wherein said external ambient air selectively discharging means comprises a plurality of outlet port groups passing through an innermost wall of said internal cavity, each of said outlet port groups being aligned along a corresponding one of said target zones; wherein each of said target zones are defined along vertically spaced hemispherical paths spanning along a unique section of said innermost wall of said internal cavity respectively, each of said hemispherical paths having a unique circumferential length respectively; wherein said external ambient air selectively discharging means further comprises a plurality of curvilinear tabs adjustably positioned along said hemispherical paths respectively, said curvilinear tabs being slidably abutted against corresponding ones of said outlet port groups such that the external ambient air is prohibited from entering corresponding ones of said target zones respectively.