Water cooled chair

Abstract

An article either in the form of a chair or lounge or in the form of a mat that is placed on a chair or other suitable object similar in shape to a chair or lounge. The article contains water and is equipped with a recirculation pump to cascade water over the person sitting on it to keep a person cool with a small amount of water.

1 . An article for use with water comprising
 a) a seat on which a person may sit,   b) a support structure for supporting the legs and back of a person sitting on the seat,   b) side walls attached to each side of the support structure to form containments to contain water in the combination of the support structure and side walls,   c) dispensing means for dispensing water to flow from a first part of the article to a second part of the article, and   d) collecting means for collecting water dispensed by the dispensing means.   
   
   
       2 . An article according to  claim 1  in which the article is one of a chair or a mat that lies on top of a chair or similarly shaped object. 
   
   
       3 . An article according to  claim 1  in which the first part is proximate the head or upper body of a person sitting on the article and the second part is proximate the feet of a person sitting on the article. 
   
   
       4 . An article according to  claim 1  in which the article comprises recirculation means for recirculating to the dispensing means the water collected by the collecting means. 
   
   
       5 . An article according to  claim 4  in which the recirculation means comprises a pump and a conduit. 
   
   
       6 . An article according to  claim 5  in which the pump is powered by one or more rechargeable batteries. 
   
   
       7 . An article according to  claim 2  in which the article is a mat composed of a flexible material. 
   
   
       8 . An article according to  claim 7  in which the flexible material is foam rubber, foam resin, or the like. 
   
   
       9 . An article according to  claim 1  in which the dispensing means is a head rest. 
   
   
       10 . An article according to  claim 1  in which the article further comprises a water impermeable membrane laying between at least part of the article and at least part of a person sitting on the article and which membrane separates the person from the water. 
   
   
       11 . An article according to  claim 1  in which at least a portion of the top surface of the support structure contains protrusions separated by channels to enable water to flow between the article and the back or legs of a person lying on the article.