Portable Cooling Chamber Having Radiant Barrier and Cooling System

Abstract

A compact radiant barrier with applied cooling systems. In accordance with one embodiment, the invention may comprise a folding chair characterized as having a top radiant barrier and deployable radiant barriers on either side as well as the front and rear of the chair. The side radiant barriers are deployable extending down to the chair arms and even below. The invention may further comprise a forced air cooling fan that may be disposed on the lower surface of top component of the chair, in which the top component also operates as a radiant barrier, i.e., a reflective material such that solar radiation is not absorbed but is reflected back into the atmosphere. It is a further aspect of the invention that various elements of the radiant barrier, especially the top barrier, further comprise insulating properties.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for reducing a temperature within a space, the system comprising:
 one or more radiant barriers forming a surface of a cooling chamber;   a cooling fan disposed on an inside-facing surface of the cooling chamber;   an insulated reservoir for holding a misting fluid;   a misting device for spraying the misting fluid into the cooling chamber;   wherein activation of one of the cooling fan and the misting device produces a cooling effect for an occupant of the cooling chamber; and   a power source for supplying power to at least one of the cooling fan and the misting device.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more radiant barriers comprise a top radiant barrier and a first side radiant barrier, the top radiant barrier deployable forwardly from an upper region of a back of a folding chair and the first side radiant barrier deployable downwardly from a first side surface of the top radiant barrier, the cooling chamber formed by the top and first side radiant barriers, the back of the folding chair and a folding chair seat. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2  wherein the cooling fan is disposed on an interior-facing surface of the top radiant barrier. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2  wherein the one or more radiant barriers further comprise a second side radiant barrier deployable downwardly from a second side surface of the top radiant barrier, the first and second side surfaces in opposing relation. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4  the folding chair comprising first and second arms, wherein the first and second radiant barriers extend downwardly from the respective first and second side surfaces of the top radiant barrier for attachment to the respective first and second arms. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  removably attached to a back of a folding chair. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more radiant barriers comprise a top radiant barrier and a front radiant barrier deployable downwardly from a front edge of the top radiant barrier. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more radiant barriers comprise a reflective material for reflecting solar radiation away from the cooling chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein the radiant barrier further comprises an insulating material. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the misting device is located proximate the cooling fan, mist from the misting device impinging air flow from the cooling fan and scattering in the cooling chamber. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more radiant barriers comprise an aluminum reflective surface. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising a pump for supplying the misting fluid under pressure from the insulated reservoir to an orifice of the misting device. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the pump and a user-controllable pump controller for controlling on and off cycles of the pump are disposed proximate the cooling chamber. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1  the misting device comprising an orifice having a diameter of about 5 microns. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising a temperature of the misting fluid below ambient temperature. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1  removably attached to a back of a folding chair and rotatable backwards into proximal contact with a rear surface of the back of the folding chair. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising one of gel packs and instant cold packs proximate the insulated reservoir for cooling the misting fluid. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the misting fluid comprises water. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the power source comprises one or more batteries. 
     
     
         20 . A system comprising a radiant barrier for enclosing an open space and a cooling system disposed within the open space, the cooling system further comprising a cooling fan and a misting device, mist from the misting device impinging cooling air from the cooling fan, the open space bounded by one or more radiant barriers.