Patent ID: 7827624

Claim:
A combined clothing garment and air-cooling device for reducing a user body temperature during physical activity, said combined clothing garment and air-cooling device comprising: a vest adapted to be removably positioned about a thoracic region of the user; and a helmet adapted to be removably positioned about a head region of the user; wherein each of said vest and said helmet comprises inner and outer insulation layers configured in such a manner that an internal chamber is formed therebetween respectively, an air-permeable inner layer seated within said internal chamber, means for selectively introducing the ambient air into said internal chamber, and means for cooling the ambient air within said internal chamber and thereafter channeling the cooled ambient air out from said internal chamber; wherein the ambient air has first and second temperatures prior to entering and leaving said internal chamber respectively; wherein said ambient air introducing means and said ambient air cooling and channeling means are independently and simultaneously operable based upon distinct first and second distinct user inputs; wherein said ambient air introducing means comprises a plurality of entry ports formed through said outer insulation layer; an air-intake vent removably positioned over said entry ports and being manually toggled between open and closed positions for permitting and prohibiting the ambient air from entering said internal chamber respectively, said air-intake vent comprising an elongated body attached directly to said outer insulation layer and having a plurality of openings juxtaposed along a longitudinal length of said body, and a single and unitary access panel having a plurality of windows juxtaposed along a longitudinal length thereof, said access panel being slidably interfitted within said body and configured in such a manner that said windows are selectively aligned and offset from said openings while said body remains statically attached to said outer insulation layer; wherein said access panel is linearly displaced between open and closed positions based upon said first user input to thereby permit and prohibit the ambient air from entering through said entry ports when said windows are aligned and offset from said openings respectively.