Patent ID: 7721349

Claim:
A device for cooling the skin of a human or animal user, comprising: a) A plurality of metallic thermally conductive elements, each promoting fluid to absorb into and wick across at least portions of a surface or surfaces of the elements by capillary action, b) one or more flexible hydrophilic fluid reservoirs, c) means for said thermally conductive elements to penetrate or be maintained in contact with said flexible hydrophilic fluid reservoir so that fluid will tend to migrate from said flexible hydrophilic fluid reservoir onto and across said fluid-wicking surface of said thermally conductive elements, and d) means for maintaining one or more portions of said thermally conductive elements in contact with the user's skin, whereby when said flexible hydrophilic fluid reservoir is wet and one or more portions of said thermally conductive elements are in contact with the user's skin, heat from the user's skin is transferred through said thermally conductive elements, to the evaporating fluid, and into the surrounding air, thereby cooling the user.