Patent ID: 7249464

Claim:
A device for cooling an operator's body, said device comprising: a backpack suitably sized and shaped for resting on an operator's shoulders wherein said backpack directly abuts an operator's back during use, said backpack including a cavity extending from a top edge to a bottom edge thereof; a rotary fan partially seated within the cavity, said rotary fan being in fluid communication with ambient temperature such that said rotary fan blows a continuous air stream inwardly towards the operator; a heat sink device directly mated to said rotary fan and disposed anterior thereof, said heat sink being suitably situated for allowing the air stream to pass therethrough; a thermal electric plate directly conjoined to said heat sink and being in thermo contact therewith; a thermal conductive plate directly coupled to said thermal electric plate in such a manner that thermal energy can be passed through said thermal conductive plate and towards the operator's body; an aluminum plate directly conjoined to said thermal conductive plate and extending along an entire longitudinal length of the cavity; and means for simultaneously supplying power to said rotary fan and said thermal electric plate from a single power supply source; wherein said heat sink thermally dissipates heat generated by said thermal electric plate and thereby causes said thermal electric plate to operate at a cool temperature below the ambient temperature, said thermal conductive plate absorbing the cool temperature and thermally transferring the cool temperature to said aluminum plate such that said aluminum plate can cool the operator's body, said rotary fan simultaneously operating with said thermal electric plate and thereby cooling said heat sink during operating conditions.