Patent ID: 7412984

Claim:
A portable personal environmental protection and cooling device comprising: (a) a canopy having a periphery; (b) a tubular handle section defining a fluid reservoir and a chamber separated by a wall having a first valve, said chamber containing a gas containing cartridge having a rupturable seal; (c) at least one spray nozzle secured adjacent the periphery of the canopy to direct a cooling mist downwardly; (d) a flexible conduit connecting said reservoir and said nozzle; (e) a second control valve disposed in said conduit; (f) a projection on said wall aligned with said rupturable seal; and (g) a lower grip handle section moveable relative to said tubular handle section having a surface engageable with said cartridge to displace said cartridge to move the cartridge seal into engagement with said projection to puncture said seal to release gas across said first valve into said fluid reservoir.