Patent ID: 8763509

Claim:
A firearm cooling apparatus, comprising: a generally rectangular apparatus housing having a housing interior, the apparatus housing including a pair of spaced-apart, planar, parallel housing side panels; a pair of spaced-apart, planar, parallel housing end panels extending perpendicularly between the housing side panels; and a planar housing vent panel and a planar housing cover panel on the housing side panels and the housing end panels and disposed in parallel and spaced-apart relationship with respect to each other; at least one vent opening in the apparatus housing and communicating with the housing interior; a fan in the housing interior adjacent to the at least one vent opening; a fan motor drivingly engaging the fan; a plenum disposed between the fan and the housing cover panel; a source of electrical current disposed in electrical communication with the fan motor, the source of electrical current including a battery pack disposed in the housing interior adjacent to the plenum; a switch disposed in electrical communication with the fan motor and the source of electrical current; a tubing connector rotatably carried by the apparatus housing; and an elongated, bendable, flexible and resilient cooling tube disposed in pneumatic communication with the housing interior through the tubing connector and having an air discharge end opposite the tubing connector.