IP Library Granted Patent US 10,306,934
Granted Patent B2
US 10,306,934 · App. 15/500,920 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Air-conditioned clothing for use with helmet

Inventor: Hiroshi Ichigaya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
A41D13/0025A41D1/005A42B3/003A42B3/28A41D2200/20A42B3/286
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,306,934
App. No.
15/500,920
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air-conditioned clothing for use with a helmet which can be used when the helmet is worn as well as when the helmet is not worn, includes a clothing main body, at least one fan, an air blow-out unit, a guide sheet and an attachment unit. The air is made to flow through an air flow path by the at least one fan and the flowing air evaporates sweat coming out from a body to cool the body with heat of evaporation and in a case where the helmet is worn, the air which blows out from the air blow-out unit is guided to the helmet by the guide sheet and taken into the helmet from an air intake which is formed between an inner edge of the helmet and the head of the user in order to circulate the air inside the helmet.

Claims (14)

1. An air-conditioned clothing for use with a helmet, which can be used when the helmet is worn as well as when the helmet is not worn, the air-conditioned clothing comprising:

a clothing main body which at least covers an upper body of a body;

at least one fan which is attached to the clothing main body and which forms an air flow path between the clothing main body and a body or an underwear by taking in air from outside and forcefully generating an air flow in the air flow path;

an air blow-out unit which is formed between a back of a neck of a user and a back collar part of the clothing main body and which blows out the air which flows through the air flow path;

a guide sheet which is continuously attached to the back collar part of the clothing main body and which guides the air which blows out from the air blow-out unit to the helmet along the back of the neck and back of a head of the user; and

an attachment unit which is attached to an edge part of the guide sheet and which is used to attach the guide sheet to the helmet,

wherein the air is made to flow through the air flow path by the at least one fan and the flowing air evaporates sweat coming out from the body to cool the body with heat of evaporation and in a case where the helmet is worn, the air which blows out from the air blow-out unit is guided to the helmet by the guide sheet and taken into the helmet from an air intake which is formed between an inner edge of the helmet and the head of the user in order to circulate the air inside the helmet, and

wherein the clothing main body includes a loose section at an upper back part thereof along a section from the at least one fan to the air blow-out unit, a range of the loose section extending from a center back part of the clothing main body onto the guide sheet, and the loose section being formed so as to make the clothing main body loose at the loose section and so that a distance between the loose section and the body or the underwear is larger than a distance between an area of the clothing main body other than the loose section and the body or the underwear, when the air is made to flow through the air flow path by the at least one fan.

2. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein the attachment unit comprises an elastic loop belt or a string attached to the edge part of the guide sheet.

3. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein the attachment unit includes a belt which is attached at the edge part of the guide sheet and which is approximately parallel with the edge part and two engaging units which are attached at two ends of the belt and which engage with each other.

4. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the helmet that is covered by the attachment unit when the attachment unit is attached to the helmet is at most 20% of an entire surface of the helmet.

5. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein the attachment unit is transparent.

6. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein the attachment unit is continuously attached to the edge part of the guide sheet and covers approximately an entirety of the helmet when the helmet is worn.

7. The air-conditioned clothing of claim 1 , wherein the range of the loose section extends from the center back part of the clothing main body to a center part of the guide sheet.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2026
From: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
To: KUCHOFUKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075800/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2017
From: ICHIGAYA, HIROSHI
To: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041139/0235 →
Continuity (1)
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