Patent ID: 6938831

Claim:
A misting system, for cooling a user having a head, the headwear having a cavity for receiving the head of the user, a front, and a rear, comprising: an integrated water supply and pump, including a container for holding a quantity of water, an output port, and a handle for pressurizing the container and initiating water flow out the output port; a front misting nozzle, mountable to the headwear near the front, the front misting nozzle having a spray surface for creating a fine spray of water, the nozzles oriented generally rearwardly toward the user when the user is wearing the headwear; at least one misting conduit for communicating water from the output port of the integrated water supply and pump to the front misting nozzle, so that when the user wears the headwear, the front misting nozzle is mounted in place thereon, and the user operates the handle, a misting spray is directed from the front misting nozzle toward the user; a rear misting nozzle in communication with the at least one misting conduit and mountable in the headwear near the rear so that the rear misting nozzle is oriented generally downwardly toward a neck back of the user so that when the handle is operated a misting spray is directed toward the neck of the user; a drinking nozzle which attaches within the headwear so that it extends downwardly from the headwear to allow the user to drink therefrom; a drinking conduit connecting the output port to the drinking nozzle; a flow control valve, interposed between the misting nozzles and the output port, for allowing the user to control flow through the misting conduit to the misting nozzles, and for separately controlling flow through the drinking conduit.