Thermo-Regulating Furniture

Abstract

A device for regulating the temperature of a person while seated. The device includes a chair having a seat member and a back-panel member. The interior of the seat member is hollow. Apertures are disposed in the seat member. A fan is disposed in the chair that is configured to cool a user by pulling air through the apertures, into the hollow interior of the seat member and then out of the chair. In some embodiments, the interior of the back-panel member is also hollow and the fan is disposed in the back-panel member so that, in operation, air is pulled through the apertures, the hollow interior of both the seat and the back panel and out of the chair.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) A thermo-regulating furniture, comprising:
 a seat having a hollow interior volume affixed to a back-panel;   a plurality of apertures disposed in a top surface of the seat, wherein the plurality of apertures is in fluid communication with the hollow interior volume;   a fan configured to draw air through the plurality of apertures and to expel the air through an outlet disposed in the seat;   a control circuit comprising a control switch, the control switch being operably connected to the fan and configured to control actuation thereof.   
     
     
         2 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow interior volume extends from the seat up through the back-panel. 
     
     
         3 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 2 , wherein the fan is disposed in a back surface of the back-panel. 
     
     
         4 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the seat and a front surface of the back-panel are a fabric. 
     
     
         5 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the back-panel is pivotally affixed to the seat. 
     
     
         6 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the seat further comprises an arm rest, wherein the arm rest is affixed to a sidewall of the seat. 
     
     
         7 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 6 , wherein the control switch is disposed on the arm rest. 
     
     
         8 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of apertures is further disposed in a front surface of the back-panel. 
     
     
         9 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 1 , further comprises a heat sink disposed within the hollow interior volume, wherein the heat sink is operably connected to the control switch through the control circuit. 
     
     
         10 ) The thermo-regulating furniture of  claim 9 , wherein the heat sink is a cooling coil.