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Is a cooling vest patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a cooling vest have been patented many times, but "a cooling vest" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 122 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “cooling vestgarmentclothing” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 116 best keyword matches we examined, 48 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: NIKE INC (4), BIGBORN CO LTD (3), SONG HONGGUO (2), ZHANG FANG (2).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A41D (75), A61F (31), F25D (10), A62B (8).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a cooling vest
- Cooling vest module US-2026053210-A1 2026 · ZHANG FANG
A cooling vest module includes a flexible back plate attachable to a garment and at least one thermoelectric cooler mounted thereon. An annular gasket on an inner surface of the back plate seals against a wearer's back to defi…
View on Google Patents - Ice-air cooling garment WO-2024113400-A1 2024 · SONG HONGGUO
An ice-air cooling garment, comprising a cooling garment body (10), and a refrigeration source (20), a blowing device (30), and a ventilation and wicking device (40) arranged in the cooling garment body (10). The cooling garment b…
View on Google Patents - Cooling vest system US-2023276869-A1 2023 · ODAY PATRICK
A cooling vest system is disclosed. The system provides an effective cooling for stabilizing a wearer/individual's body temperature. The system comprises a water tube wrapped around the vest connected to the top of a water blo…
View on Google Patents - Autonomous cooling vest US-2020345087-A1 2020 · CONTI FILHO GERSON TADEU
An autonomous cooling vest to cool its user by evaporating a coolant in contact with the user's skin surface is described. Multifunctional panels attached to the vest in the parts corresponding to the human body are permeable …
View on Google Patents - Cooling vest US-2019274377-A1 2019 · FAN GAO LE TRADE SHENZHEN CO LTD
A cooling vest is provided which comprises: a vest having an interior volume, and a left and right pocket attached on the front of the vest; an elongated polyurethane tube having a first and a second end, wherein the tube is arran…
View on Google Patents - Cooling Vest US-2015150313-A1 2015 · HUCKINS ADAM
Disclosed is a cooling garment for dispensing liquid in a mist. In one embodiment, the garment includes a vest having two juxtaposed layers that are affixed about the edges thereof, defining an interior volume for holding liquid t…
View on Google Patents - Duration and comfort in cooling vest US-8449588-B2 2013 · HORN STEPHEN TAYLOR
The present invention is a cooling vest which has a type of phase change heat sink that particularly lends itself to layering of the heat sinks on the body. The heat sinks are quilted and have a means for the transportation of moi…
View on Google Patents - Under body armor cooling vest and fabric thereof US-2012177904-A1 2012 · GEHRING JR GEORGE
A vest made of a light weight spacer fabric material that is permeable to air circulation and voluminous enough to have a significant thermal insulative value is provided. The spacer fabric material is also non-absorbent, hard wea…
View on Google Patents - Animal cooling vest US-2010050958-A1 2010 · JACKSON SUSAN M
The present invention is a water-absorbent animal cooling vest made with an inner core of woven, hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymer embedded fabrics (PEF) enclosed inside two exterior (a wicking fabric inside to the body and a breath…
View on Google Patents - Support structure for forced air cooling vest US-2007199124-A1 2007 · HORN STEPHEN T
A fan or blower operated cooling vest with a structure that creates a plenum under a garment and allows the flow of air under the arms. Plenum uses any garment and the surface of the body to conduct the flow of air.
View on Google Patents - Cooling garment for use with a bullet proof vest US-2005246826-A1 2005 · MCCARTER WALTER K
A garment for cooling a human being wearing a protective vest, comprising a sheet of stretchable material with an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of ridge-and-channel ribs forming air channels on the inner surfa…
View on Google Patents - Weighted exercise vest with webbing pockets, attached hydration pack and body cooling system US-2005096199-A1 2005
A weighted vest ( 10 ) having an attached hydration pack ( 20 ), webbing pockets ( FIG. 2 ) and cooling packs ( 16 ).
View on Google Patents - Method and apparatus for making body heating and cooling garments US-6979382-B2 2005 · US ARMY
A method and apparatus for making garments that can cool or heat the wearer of the garment. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing a pattern board having a channel configuration formed thereon that defines …
View on Google Patents - Self-ventilating cooling vest US-6128784-A 2000
A self-ventilating vest having a plural number of conduits extending through the vest, the conduits having an intake opening and one-way intake valve through which outside air can be drawn into the conduit, one or more compressibl…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a cooling vest been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Accessories and apparel are often protected by design patents as much as utility patents; how something fastens, adjusts or is shaped is usually the difference.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.