Patent ID: 7124593

Claim:
Apparatus adapted to be worn by a human being for selectively modifying the temperature of the human being, comprising: a front panel and a back panel; means for removably securing said panels about a human being such that the front panel contactingly covers approximately the entire forward facing part of the human trunk and the back panel contactingly covers approximately the entire human back region from the shoulders to the waist; each panel includes an air flow layer, a first air impermeable layer substantially covering a first side of the air flow layer facing away from a wearer, and a second air permeable layer substantially covering a second side of the air flow layer generally facing a wearer; means for sealing edge portions of the first and second layers to one another except for at least one vent located along a first sealed edge portion of each panel; and a thermoelectric heat pump interconnected with the front and back panels at a second sealed edge portion for passing a pressurized stream of temperature conditioned air through the respective air flow layers to exit to ambient via the vents.