Cooling system for an upper garment

Abstract

A cooling system of an upper garment wherein the cooling pad is formed from a coil of conduit disposed over the chest/heart-region of the user beneath the upper garment. The hear-region disposition of the low-profile coiled cooling pad facilitates the cooling effect to be circulated by way of the user's circulatory system. The cooling pad is fluidly connected to a reservoir and pump for urging coolant flow between the three elements. The power supply, reservoir and fans for cooling the latter two elements are disposed external to the upper garment, so that heat they may generate can dissipate away from the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooling system for an upper garment dimensioned and adapted to be worn along an upper torso of a human wearer, comprising:
 a cooling pad disposed between the upper garment and a chest of the human wearer so that the cooling pad is adjacent to a heart of the human wearer.   
     
     
         2 . The cooling system of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling pad comprising a coil of conduit. 
     
     
         3 . The cooling system of  claim 2 , wherein the coil of conduit is generally planar. 
     
     
         4 . The cooling system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pump;   a reservoir;   the pump, the reservoir and the cooling pad fluidly coupled to each other.   
     
     
         5 . The cooling system of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 the pump electrically coupled to a power source; and   the pump, the power source, and the reservoir disposed externally to the upper garment.   
     
     
         6 . The cooling system of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 the pump and the reservoir disposed in a carrier; and   one or more fans disposed in the carrier.   
     
     
         7 . The cooling system of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a thermostat electrically coupled to a thermal sensor;   the thermal sensor disposed against a body of the human wearer; and   the thermostat programmable to operate the one or more fans when a predefined temperature is sensed by the thermal sensor.   
     
     
         8 . The cooling system of  claim 4 , further comprising a coolant fluid urged by the pump between the cooling pad and the reservoir. 
     
     
         9 . The cooling system of  claim 1  wherein the upper garment is a body armor. 
     
     
         10 . A cooling system for body armor dimensioned and adapted to be worn along an upper torso of a human wearer, comprising:
 a cooling pad disposed between the body armor and a chest of the human wearer so that the cooling pad is adjacent to a heart of the human wearer;   the cooling pad comprising a generally planar coil of conduit;   a pump electrically coupled to a power source;   a reservoir;   the pump, the reservoir and the coil of conduit fluidly coupled to each other;   the pump, the power source, and the reservoir disposed externally to the upper garment;   the pump and the reservoir disposed in a carrier;   one or more fans disposed in the carrier;   a thermostat electrically coupled to a thermal sensor;   the thermal sensor disposed against a body of the human wearer; and   the thermostat programmable to operate the one or more fans when a predefined temperature is sensed by the thermal sensor.   
     
     
         11 . The cooling system of  claim 10 , further comprising a coolant fluid urged by the pump between the cooling pad and the reservoir.