Enhanced evaporative cooling system

Abstract

A blower operated cooling vest that uses the normal movement of the body to blot excess moisture from the body and evaporate it away from the body and thus shield it from the heat.

1 . A method of reducing environmental heat being transferred to a person; said method comprising:
 a) providing a supporting structure,   b) providing a blotting material,   c) supporting a blotting material parallel to the torso and between said torso and said environmental heat,   d) allowing said blotting material to absorb a portion of said environmental heat,   e) allowing air to flow between said torso and said blotting material,   f) providing moisture on said torso,   g) providing a bending of said torso to allow a blotting of said moisture to transfer from said torso to said blotting material,   h) allowing said moisture on blotting material to phase shift to a gas thus transferring heat and evaporating said moisture,   i) allowing said air flow to remove said evaporated moisture and thus reduce the environmental heat being transferred to the body.   
   
   
       2 . A method of cooling the body: said method comprising:
 a) providing a supporting structure,   b) providing an absorbent material,   c) providing air flow between said body and supported said absorbent material, said supported absorbent material supported parallel to said body and between said body and any heat source,   d) providing moisture on said body, said body bending to provide contact between said body and said absorbent material,   e) contacting between said body moisture and said absorbent material,   f) transferring said moisture from said body to said absorbent material,   f) evaporating said moisture from said body and said absorbent material with said air flow, thus removing heat from said body and said absorbent material, thus cooling said body.   
   
   
       3 . A body cooling apparatus that includes a plenum created by supporting a flexible material off the body and a blower to force air between said body and said flexible material, wherein said flexible material is parallel to said body and interfering with said body absorbing environmental heat, wherein said body bends to blot sweat from said body to said flexible material where said blower blows air through said plenum created by said body and said flexible material whereby heat is transferred through evaporation from said body and said flexible material and said body is cooled. 
   
   
       4 .  claim 1  where said body is covered with clothing 
   
   
       5 .  claim 2  where said torso is covered with clothing 
   
   
       6 .  claim 1  where said air flow is provided by a blower 
   
   
       7 .  claim 2  where said air flow is provided by a blower 
   
   
       8 .  claim 1  where said auxiliary moisture is provided by a water source 
   
   
       9 .  claim 2  where said auxiliary moisture is provided by a water source