Patent ID: 8636786

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an external frame having at least one attachment mechanism attachable to a gel pack, the external frame being fabricated from a material having a rigidity sufficient to support at least a portion of a gravitational weight of the gel pack such that the external frame does not buckle when the gel pack is attached to the external frame and the external frame is in a substantially vertical orientation secured against an eye region of a user; the external frame having a top edge portion, a bottom edge portion, a left side region and a right side region, each of the left side region and the right side region having an upper portion, a central portion and a lower portion; and a strap system including: a first strap having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the upper portion of the left side region when the external frame is in the substantially vertical orientation secured against the eye region of the user, the first strap having a second end portion; a second strap having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the upper portion of the right side region when the external frame is in the substantially vertical orientation secured against the eye region of the user, the second strap having a second end portion configured to be coupled to the second end portion of the first strap when the external frame is in the substantially vertical orientation secured against the eye region of the user; a third strap having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the lower portion of the left side region, the third strap having a second end portion configured to be rotatably coupled to a point on the first strap, the third strap and a portion of the first strap from the first end portion of the first strap to the point on the first strap defining a V-shape when the external frame is in the substantially vertical orientation secured against the eye region of the user; and a fourth strap having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the lower portion of the right side region, the fourth strap having a second end portion configured to be rotatably coupled to a point on the second strap, the fourth strap and a portion of the second strap from the first end portion of the second strap to the point on the second strap defining a V-shape when the external frame is in the substantially vertical orientation secured against the eye region of the user.