Jacket

Abstract

A jacket includes a main jacket body and an active heating system. The main jacket body is adapted for covering at least part of the body of a user, and has a neck section adapted to be disposed proximate to the neck of the user, a waist section adapted to be disposed proximate to the waist and lower back of the user, and at least one abdomen section adapted to be disposed proximate to the abdomen of the user. The active heating system is disposed in the main jacket body, is adapted for generating and transferring heat to the user, and includes at least three heating units. Each of the heating units is disposed in a respective one of the neck section, the waist section and the abdomen section of the main jacket body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A jacket comprising:
 a main jacket body adapted for covering at least part of the body of a user and having a neck section that is adapted to be disposed proximate to the neck of the user, a waist section that is adapted to be disposed proximate to the waist and lower back of the user, and at least one abdomen section that is adapted to be disposed proximate to the abdomen of the user; and   an active heating system disposed in said main jacket body, adapted for generating and transferring heat to the user, and including at least three heating units, each of said heating units being disposed in a respective one of said neck section, said waist section and said abdomen section of said main jacket body.   
     
     
         2 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said active heating system is configured to operate at a selected one of first, second and third heating levels, and is adapted to be connected to an external power supply; and   each of said heating units of said active heating system is a heating panel, and is configured to maintain said active heating system at a first temperature ranging from 52° C. to 58° C. when said active heating system operates at the first heating level, a second temperature ranging from 47° C. to 53° C. when said active heating system operates at the second heating level, and a third temperature ranging from 39° C. to 45° C. when said active heating system operates at the third heating level.   
     
     
         3 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said active heating system further includes a controller that is electrically connected to said heating units, that is configured to switch operation of said active heating system among the first, second and third heating levels, and that has a light indicator configured to turn red, white and blue when said active heating system operates at the first, second and third heating levels, respectively. 
     
     
         4 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said controller includes:
 a first switch being configured to control one of said heating units that is disposed in said neck section of said main jacket body and to switch operation of the same to the first heating level when being pressed once, the second heating level when being pressed twice, and the third heating level when being pressed three times; and   a second switch being configured to control the rest of said heating units that are disposed in said waist section and said abdomen section of said main jacket body and to switch operation of the same to the first heating level when being pressed once, the second heating level when being pressed twice, and the third heating level when being pressed three times.   
     
     
         5 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising three outer pockets connected to an outer surface of said main jacket body, one of said outer pockets being disposed at a right side of said main jacket body, and having a storage space that is adapted for storage of an external power supply, and a pocket opening in spatial communication with said storage space, said active heating system further including a type-c connector that has one end electrically connected to said heating units, and the other end extending through said pocket opening of said one of said outer pockets into said storage space and adapted to be electrically connected to the external power supply. 
     
     
         6 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said main jacket body has two outer sleeves, two inner sleeves that are disposed respectively in lower end portions of said outer sleeves, and at least one hidden pocket that is disposed in one of said outer sleeves, said inner sleeves being adapted to extend respectively out of said outer sleeves so as to cover partially the hands of the user. 
     
     
         7 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a hood that is configured to be connected to said main jacket body, and that has a hook-and-loop fastening group disposed at a rear side thereof and operable for adjusting a size of said hood, and two wind blocking pieces configured to be connected to each other and each having a distal edge;   first and second magnetic groups that are mounted respectively to said neck section of said main jacket body and said hood, and that are magnetically attracted to each other so as to detachably connect said hood to said main jacket body; and   third and fourth magnetic groups that are mounted respectively to said distal edges of said wind blocking pieces, and that are magnetically attracted to each other so as to detachably connect said wind blocking pieces together.   
     
     
         8 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a connecting group that is connected to an inner surface of said main jacket body, and a detachable strap that is configured to be detachably connected to said connecting group such that, when said jacket is not worn by the user, said jacket is adapted to be carried by the user in such a manner that said detachable strap goes over the shoulders of the user and said jacket is carried on the back of the user. 
     
     
         9 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a snow skirt that is connected to and disposed below said waist section of said main jacket body, and that has opposite end segments configured to be detachably connected to each other such that said snow skirt is adapted to be fastened around the waist of the user to prevent wind from entering a space between the upper body of the user and said main jacket body; and   two storage pouches that are connected respectively to left and right sides of said inner surface of said main jacket body for receiving respectively said opposite end segments of said snow skirt when said snow skirt is not fastened around the waist of the user.   
     
     
         10 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a detachable strap that is detachably connected to said inner surface of said main jacket body; and   a carrying bag that is detachably connected to said inner surface of said main jacket body, that is disposed under said snow skirt, and that is configured to be detachably connected to opposite ends of said detachably strap when said detachably strap is detached from said inner surface of said main jacket body such that carrying bag is adapted to be carried by the user.   
     
     
         11 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said main jacket body has a trunk portion, two outer sleeves that are connected respectively to left and right sides of said truck portion, and two invisible zippers, each of said invisible zippers being connected to a respective one of said left and right sides of said truck portion under an upper end of the respective one of said outer sleeves, and configured for ventilation when being unzipped. 
     
     
         12 . The jacket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said waist section is disposed under said neck section;   said jacket comprises two of said abdomen sections disposed respectively at two sides of said waist section; and   said active heating system includes four of said heating unit each disposed in a respective one of said neck section, said waist section and said abdomen sections.