Patent ID: 8230852

Claim:
A shoulder mounted hood cooling assembly comprising: a support having a base and a shell; a blower carried between said base and said shell of said support; a first curved shoulder mount forming a portion of said base and said shell of said support, said first curved shoulder mount defining an inwardly facing side surface; a second curved shoulder mount forming a portion of said base and said shell of said support, said second curved shoulder mount defining an inwardly facing side surface; a first chest portion extending downward from said first curved shoulder mount and at a front of said base and said shell of said support, said first chest portion defining an inwardly facing side surface; a second chest portion extending downward from second said curved shoulder mount and at a front of said base and said shell of said support, said second chest portion defining an inwardly facing side surface; a back portion extending downward from said first and second curved shoulder mounts at the back of said base and said shell of said support, said back portion defining an inwardly facing side surface; a neck accommodating space defined by each of said inwardly facing side surfaces; an internal passage carried between said base and said shell of said support, said internal passage in fluid communication with said blower; a system of internal ducts carried between said base and said shell of said support, said system of internal ducts in fluid communication with said internal passage; and a plurality of vents formed in respective ones of said inwardly facing side surfaces, said plurality of vents in fluid communication with said system of internal ducts, wherein said blower draws air therein, said internal passage directs the air from said blower to said system of internal ducts, said system of internal ducts directs the air from said internal passage to said plurality of vents, and said plurality of vents exhausts the air, wherein when said support is worn by a user, each of the first and second curved shoulder mounts rests on top of the user's shoulders and the support positions the plurality of vents to exhaust the air towards a neck, a head, or both the neck and the head of the user, and wherein the air traveling between said blower, said internal passage, said system of internal ducts, and said plurality of vents is contained and directed by said base and said shell of said support until said plurality of vents exhaust the air.