Patent Publication Number: US-2017370600-A1

Title: Portable Air Conditioning Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to air conditioning devices and more particularly pertains to a new air conditioning device for facilitating portable air conditioning. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a box that may contain ice thereby facilitating the ice to cool an interior of the box. A handle is hingedly coupled to the box and the handle may be gripped. A fan unit is coupled to the box. The fan unit urges air inwardly with respect to the box. The fan unit includes a baffle to direct to air onto the ice. Thus, the ice may cool the air. The fan unit urges the cooled air outwardly from the box. Thus, the cooled air may cool a user. 
     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 kit view of a portable air conditioning assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG. 2  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. 
         FIG. 5  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new air conditioning 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 5 , the portable air conditioning assembly  10  generally comprises a box  12  that has a bottom wall  14  and an outer wall  16  extending upwardly therefrom. The outer wall  16  has a distal edge  18  with respect to the bottom wall  14 . The distal edge  18  defines an opening  20  to access an interior of the box  12 . The box  12  may be comprised of a thermally insulating material or the like. 
     The outer wall  16  has a first lateral side  22  and a second lateral side  24 . The first lateral side  22  has a first opening  25  extending therethrough. The second lateral side  24  has a second opening  26  extending therethrough. The outer wall  16  has an inner surface  28  and an outer surface  30 . The box  12  may contain ice  32  thereby facilitating the ice  32  to cool an interior of the box  12 . The ice  32  may comprise frozen water and dry ice  32 . 
     A lid  34  is provided. The lid  34  is hingedly coupled to the box  12 . The lid  34  is positioned on the distal edge  18  and the lid  34  selectively closes and opens the box  12 . The lid  34  may be comprised of a thermally insulating material or the like. 
     A handle  36  is hingedly coupled to the box  12  and the handle  36  may be gripped. The handle  36  comprises a central member  38  extending between a pair of lateral members  40 . Each of the lateral members  40  is hingedly coupled to an associated one of the first lateral side  22  and the second lateral side  24  of the box  12 . Each of the lateral members  40  has a distal end  42  with respect to the central member  38 . 
     Each of the lateral members  40  has a bend  44  thereon. The bend  44  corresponding to each of the lateral members  40  is positioned closer to the distal end  42  than the central member  38 . Thus, the distal end  42  corresponding to each of the lateral members  40  is directed at an angle away from the corresponding lateral member. 
     Each of the lateral members  40  has an opening  46  extending therethrough. The opening  46  corresponding to each of the lateral members  40  is positioned adjacent to the distal end  42  of the corresponding lateral member. The handle  36  is positioned in a stored position. The distal end  42  corresponding to each of the lateral members  40  extends upwardly from the lid  34 . The handle  36  is positioned in a deployed position having the central member  38  being spaced from the lid  34 . 
     A shoulder strap  48  is provided. The shoulder strap  48  is removably coupled to the handle  36  to facilitate the box  12  to be carried. The shoulder strap  48  has a first end  50  and a second end  52 . The shoulder strap  48  includes a pair of fasteners  54 . Each of the fasteners  54  is coupled to an associated one of the first end  50  and the second end  52 . Each of the fasteners  54  removably engages the opening  46  in an associated one of the lateral members  40  when the handle  36  is positioned in the stored position. Each of the fasteners  54  may comprise a D-ring or the like. 
     A fan unit  56  is provided and the fan unit  56  is coupled to the box  12 . The fan unit  56  urges air inwardly with respect to the box  12 . The fan unit  56  includes a baffle  58  where to direct to air into the ice  32  thereby facilitating the ice  32  to cool the air. The fan unit  56  urges the cooled air outwardly from the box  12  thereby facilitating the cooled air to cool a user. 
     The fan unit  56  comprises a fan  60  that is coupled to the inner surface  28  of the outer wall  16 . The fan  60  is aligned with the first opening  25 . Thus, the fan  60  urges air inwardly through the first opening  25  when the fan  60  is turned on. The fan  60  may comprise an electric fan  60  or the like. 
     The baffle  58  is coupled to the inner surface  28  of the outer wall  16  and the baffle  58  is positioned to cover the fan  60 . The baffle  58  has a lower end  62  and the lower end  62  is open. The lower end  62  is directed toward the bottom wall  14  of the box  12 . Thus, the lower end  62  directs the air downwardly toward the bottom wall  14 . 
     A vent  64  is provided and the vent  64  is coupled to the outer wall  16 . The vent  64  is aligned with the second opening  26  to direct the air outwardly from the box  12 . The vent  64  has a plurality of vanes  66  and each of the vanes  66  is movably coupled to the vent  64 . The vent  64  includes a pair of knobs  68  and each of the knobs  68  may be manipulated. Each of the knobs  68  is coupled to associated ones of the vanes  66 . Thus, each of the vanes  66  is positioned at a selected angle with respect to the vent  64  when the knobs  68  are manipulated. Each of the vanes  66  directs the air in a selected direction with respect to the box  12 . 
     A switch  70  is coupled to the outer wall  16  of the box  12  and the switch  70  may be manipulated. The switch  70  is electrically coupled to the fan  60 . The switch  70  actuates the fan  60  between a minimum speed and a maximum speed. The switch  70  may comprise a rheostatic knob or the like and the switch  70  may be selectively rotated between a minimum position and a maximum position. Additionally, the switch  70  may be positioned in an off position. 
     A power supply  72  is provided and the power supply  72  is coupled to the box  12 . The power supply  72  is electrically coupled to the switch  70 . The power supply  72  comprises at least one battery  74 . The at least one battery  74  is coupled to the inner surface  28  of the box  12  and the at least one battery  74  is electrically coupled to the switch  70 . The at least one battery  74  may comprise a rechargeable battery  74  or the like. 
     A power port  76  is provided. The power port  76  is coupled to the outer surface  30  of the box  12  and the power port  76  is electrically coupled to the at least one battery  74 . A power port  76  is provided. The power port  76  is selectively electrically coupled to the power port  76 . 
     A first charger  77  is provided. The first charger  77  includes a first plug  78  and a second plug  80 . The first plug  78  may be electrically coupled to the power port  76 . The second plug  80  may comprise a cigarette adapter or the like. The second plug  80  may be electrically coupled to a power source  82  in a vehicle. Thus, the power port  76  charges the at least one battery  74 . The power source  82  in the vehicle may comprise a cigarette lighter or other DC power source  82 . 
     A second charger  84  is provided and the second charger  84  is selectively electrically coupled to the power port  76 . The second charger  84  includes a primary plug  86  and a secondary plug  88 . The primary plug  86  may be electrically coupled to the power port  76 . The secondary plug  88  may be coupled to an electrical outlet  90  such that the second charger  84  charges the at least one battery  74 . The electrical outlet  90  may be an AC electrical outlet or the like. 
     A solar cell  92  is provided. A wire  94  is electrically coupled to the solar cell  92  and the wire  94  has a distal end  96  with respect to the solar cell  92 . A third plug  98  is electrically coupled to the distal end  96  of the wire  94 . The third plug  98  is selectively electrically coupled to the power port  76 . The solar cell  92  may be exposed to sunlight thereby facilitating the solar cell  92  to charge the at least one battery  74 . 
     In use, the ice  32  is positioned in the box  12  and the lid  34  is closed. The box  12  is selectively transported to a heated environment. The switch  70  is manipulated to turn to fan  60  on. The fan  60  directs the air inwardly through the first opening  25 . The baffle  58  directs the air downwardly onto the ice  32 . Thus, the ice  32  cools the air. The cooled air is directed outwardly from the vent  64 . The cooled air may cool the user in the heated environment. 
     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.