Patent ID: 7681249

Claim:
A conditioning garment for covering a torso of a wearer comprising a front panel and a rear panel with a neck opening therebetween, each panel having a lower edge and one of the front and rear panels having an inlet manifold extending across the one of the panels in the region of the lower edge of the one of the panels, the inlet manifold including a plurality of supply ports spaced around the lower edge of the one of the panels, and the other of the front and rear panels having an outlet manifold extending across the other of the panels in the region of the lower edge of the other of the panels, the outlet manifold including a plurality of drain ports spaced around the lower edge of the other of the panels, and a plurality of tubes extending from the supply ports of the inlet manifold to the drain ports of the outlet manifold over the panels for the passage of fluid through the tubes between the manifolds, wherein each tube includes at least two straight portions, one straight portion extending from the inlet manifold to adjacent the neck opening and the other straight portion extending from the outlet manifold to adjacent the neck opening and wherein all the tubes are of substantially equal length, the tubes of the respective side of the neck opening being arranged parallel to one another as the tubes extend over the front and rear panels.