Patent Publication Number: US-2021186135-A1

Title: Cooling Headband Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to headband devices and more particularly pertains to a new headband device for cooling a user&#39;s head. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to headband devices. The prior art discloses a strap, filled with a plurality of chillable, liquid packets, that is matable to itself to form a closed loop. The prior art discloses a hatband that includes an absorbent material, having a plurality of air slots therein for enhanced evaporation. The prior art also discloses a sweatband which includes foraminous sheets that are thermally conductive. The prior art discloses a headband with a plurality of pockets and corresponding cooling elements that are removably placed in each pocket. Additionally, the prior art discloses a headband which is elastic and fluid absorbent. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a band that is insertable into a headband of a hat. In this way the band is in thermal communication with a user&#39;s head when the user wears the hat. A cooling media is integrated into the band. The cooling media is comprised of a thermally conductive material thereby facilitating the cooling media to be cooled when the band is positioned in a refrigerator. In this way the cooling media can cool the user&#39;s head when the user wears the hat. 
     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. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       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: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a cooling headband assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a phantom in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 3  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new headband device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the cooling headband assembly  10  generally comprises a band  12  that is insertable into a headband  14  of a hat  16 . In this way the band  12  is in thermal communication with a user&#39;s head when the user wears the hat  16 . The band  12  is hollow and the band  12  is comprised of a resiliently stretchable material to accommodate a variety of hat  16  sizes. Additionally, the band  12  is comprised of a fluid impermeable material. The hat  16  may be a baseball cap, a cowboy hat or any other type of hat that has a headband  14 . 
     A cooling media  18  is provided and the cooling media  18  is integrated into the band  12 . The cooling media  18  is comprised of a thermally conductive material thereby facilitating the cooling media  18  to be cooled when the band  12  is positioned in a refrigerator. In this way the cooling media  18  can cool the user&#39;s head when the user wears the hat  16 . The cooling media  18  is positioned within an interior of the band  12  such that the cooling media  18  completely fills the band  12 . Additionally, the cooling media  18  may comprise cooling gel, or other similar type of material, that can be repeatedly cooled for multiple uses. Additionally, the cooling media  18  has a high heat capacity resulting from the high latent heat of fusion of water. 
     In use, the band  12  is positioned in a refrigerator, a freezer or any other source of refrigerated air, to cool the band  12 . The band  12  is inserted into the headband  14  of the hat  16  once the band  12  has been sufficiently cooled. Thus, the band  12  cools the user&#39;s head when the user wears the hat  16 . In this way the band  12  enhances the user&#39;s comfort when the user wears the hat  16  in a hot environment. The band  12  can be repeatedly cooled for multiple uses. 
     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.