Chair back cooler

Abstract

A seat back or chair cooling apparatus that cools the back of a user without the need of forced air. The cooling apparatus includes a pocket having an open end and three closed or closable sides. At least one gel pack embodiment is configured to be inserted into the pocket open end. An adjustable belt, housed in a belt pocket and attached to the pocket sides, is deployed to affix the back cooler assembly to a chair back. Hook straps and hooks provide additional attachment points to secure the back cooler assembly to a chair back, and these straps and hooks have separate hook strap and hook storage pockets within the cooling pocket. The cooling pocket can include polyester, fabric or olefin materials, and can also include a mesh backside. Embodiments of the pocket closures in the portable seat or chair back cooler include metal-magnetic button fasteners, button and button-hole fasteners, or Velcro hook and loop fasteners.

Claims

1. A portable seat back cooling apparatus adapted to attach to a chair back, comprising: an insert comprising an array of separate cooled gel packs on a front side of the insert and a plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion of the insert; a pocket comprising sealed sides, a sealed bottom, an open top sized to receive and hold the insert in a vertical position and comprising a plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the open top and corresponding to the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the top portion on the insert to engage and hold the insert in a vertical position within the pocket; pouches on a top left corner and a top right corner of an inside pocket surface, each pouch comprising a contained and extendable attachment assembly to adapt the pocket in a vertical position against a chair back; and a securing attachment attached to the pocket sides and horizontally disposed across an external pocket rear surface to secure the apparatus to the chair back and wherein the cooled gel packs inserted into the pocket provide a cooled pocket front surface when the apparatus is secured to a chair back.

2. The portable seat back cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pocket sealed sides and sealed bottom further comprise hook and loop fasteners serving to allow the pocket sides and bottom to be unsealed and resealed.

3. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pocket further comprises a mesh back side surface.

4. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the open top and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise hook and loop fasteners.

5. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the open top and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise button and button hole fasteners.

6. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the open top and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise metal and magnetic fasteners.

7. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein each pouch contained and extendable attachment assembly to adapt the pocket in a vertical position against a chair back comprises an extendable hook strap attached to a hook, and each pouch further comprises a pouch closer button.

8. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the securing attachment attached to a pocket external rear surface to secure the apparatus to the seat comprises an adjustable belt horizontally disposed across the pocket back side, comprising two belt ends, each belt end attached to a top portion of the pocket sides, and further comprising a belt adjustment assembly positioned on the belt between the two belt ends.

9. A portable seat back cooling apparatus adapted to attach to a chair back, comprising: a) an insert comprising an array of separate cooled gel packs on an insert front side and a plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion of the insert; b) a pocket comprising sealed sides, a sealed bottom, an open top sized to receive and hold the insert in a vertical position and comprising a plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along the open top and corresponding to the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert to engage and hold the insert in a vertical position within the pocket; c) a pouch on each top corner of an inside pocket surface, each pouch comprising an extendable hook strap attached to a hook to adapt the pocket in a vertical position with a pocket back surface flat against the chair back, and a pouch closer button; and d) an adjustable belt horizontally disposed across the pocket back side, comprising two belt ends, each belt end attached to a top portion of the pocket sides, and further comprising a belt adjustment assembly positioned on the belt between the two belt ends to secure the pocket back surface flat against the chair back; wherein the cooled gel packs inserted into the pocket provide a cooled pocket front surface when the apparatus is secured to a chair back.

10. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along an open pocket top and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise hook and loop fasteners.

11. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along an open pocket top and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise button and button hole fasteners.

12. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along an open pocket top surface and the corresponding plurality of attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert array comprise metal and magnetic fasteners.

13. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 9, wherein the pocket further comprises a mesh back side surface.

14. A portable seat back cooling apparatus adapted to attach to a seat back or chair back, comprising: a) an insert comprising an array of separate cooled gel packs on an insert front side and a plurality of hook attachment assemblies evenly disposed along a top portion of the insert; b) a pocket comprising sealed sides, a sealed bottom, an open top sized to receive and hold the insert in a vertical position and comprising a plurality of loop attachments evenly disposed along the open top and corresponding to the plurality of hook attachments evenly disposed along a top portion on the insert to engage and hold the insert in a vertical position within the pocket; c) a pouch on each top corner of an inside pocket surface, each pouch comprising an extendable hook strap attached to a hook to adapt the pocket in a vertical position with a pocket back surface flat against the chair back, and a pouch closer button; and d) an adjustable belt horizontally disposed across the pocket back side, comprising two belt ends, each belt end attached to a top portion of the pocket sides, and further comprising a belt adjustment assembly positioned on the belt between the two belt ends to secure the pocket back surface flat against the chair back; wherein the cooled gel packs inserted into the pocket provide a cooled pocket front surface when the apparatus is secured to a seat back or a chair back.

15. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pocket sealed sides and sealed bottom further comprise hook and loop fasteners to seal the sides and bottom.

16. The portable seat cooling apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pocket further comprises a mesh back side surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) These and other features, aspects, and advantages of embodiments of the chair back cooler will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings as further described.

(2) FIG. 1 is as front top right perspective view of a gel pack insert 20 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler having a four similar sized rectangular gel packs 30 horizontally arranged on a gel pack front side 22 and a plurality of gel pack buttons 28 disposed along a pack front top surface 24.

(3) FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of FIG. 1 taken at 2-2.

(4) FIG. 3 is a front top right perspective view of a gel pack insert 20 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler positioned to be placed into a pocket 40 top open end 42 and received by the pocket 40, and where a plurality of pocket buttons 48 are configured to correspond to the plurality of gel pack buttons 28 to hold the gel pack in proper vertical position once the gel pack 20 is fully inserted into the pocket 40.

(5) FIG. 4 is a front top right perspective view of an inside front surface 44 of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler showing pouches 46, pouch buttons 54, hook straps 50, and hooks 52.

(6) FIG. 5 is a rear top right perspective view of the exterior back surface 60 of the closed pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler showing an adjustable belt 70.

(7) FIG. 6 is a rear top right perspective view of the of the exterior back surface 60 of the pocket 40 top open end 42 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler showing an adjustable belt 70.

(8) FIG. 7 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair hack cooler 10 showing the adjustable belt 70 positioned to be received by a chair 200 back surface.

(9) FIG. 8 is a front top right perspective view of an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 showing the pocket 40 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70.

(10) FIG. 9 is a rear top right perspective view of the closed pocket 40 of an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70.

(11) FIG. 10 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 showing the adjustable belt 70, hook straps 50, and hooks 52 positioned to be received by a chair 200 back surface.

(12) FIG. 11 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70, hook straps 50, and hooks 52.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(13) Embodiments the apparatus for the chair back cooler 10 are illustrated and disclosed in FIGS. 1-11.

(14) An embodiment of a chair back cooler 10 includes an gel pack insert 20 having a four similar sized rectangular gel packs 30 horizontally arranged on an gel pack front side 22 and a plurality of gel pack buttons 28 disposed along an gel pack front top surface 24, FIGS. 1 and 2. It will be understood by persons having ordinary skill in the associated art, that the gel pack insert 20 for an embodiment of a chair back cooler 10 may include a variety of gel packs in various geometric configurations to optimize the cooling effect of the chair back cooler 10 over a wide range of applications.

(15) The gel pack insert 20 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 is suitably sized to be positioned and placed into a pocket 40 top open end 42 and received by the pocket 40, FIG. 3. The gel pack 20 can be any of the reusable hot/cold gel packs currently known in the art. A plurality of pocket buttons 48 are configured to correspond to the plurality of gel pack buttons 28 to hold the gel pack in proper vertical position once the gel pack 20 is fully inserted into the pocket 40.

(16) Embodiments of the back cooler 10 provide polyester, fabric or olefin pocket 40 materials, and it will be understood by persons having ordinary skill in the associated art, that the pocket 40 for an embodiment of a chair back cooler 10 may include a mesh back surface. It will be further understood by persons having ordinary skill in the associated art, that the pocket 40 for an embodiment of a chair back cooler 10 may include Velcro hook and loop fasteners, buttons or stitching to close the three closed or closable sides of the pocket 40 to optimize the utility of the chair back cooler 10 over a wide range of applications.

(17) An inside front surface 44 of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler can include pouches 46, pouch buttons 54, hook straps 50, and hooks 52, FIG. 4. The exterior back surface 60 of the closed pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler can include an adjustable belt 70, FIG. 5. horizontally disposed across the pocket back side 60, comprising two adjustable belt 70 ends, each adjustable belt 70 end is attached to top portion of the pocket 40 sides, and includes an adjustable belt 70 adjustment assembly positioned on the adjustable belt 70 between the two adjustable belt 70 ends. The adjustable belt 70 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 can be stowed in the pocket 40 top open end 42 when not in use, FIG. 6.

(18) FIG. 7 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 showing the adjustable belt 70 positioned to be received by a chair 200 back surface.

(19) FIG. 8 is a front top right perspective view of an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 showing the pocket 40 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70.

(20) FIG. 9 is a rear top right perspective view of the closed pocket 40 of an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70.

(21) FIG. 10 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 showing the adjustable belt 70, hook straps 50, and hooks 52 positioned to be received by a chair 200 back surface.

(22) FIG. 11 is a front top right perspective view of an exterior front surface of the pocket 40 for an embodiment of the chair back cooler 10 attached to a chair 200 back surface by the adjustable belt 70, hook straps 50, and hooks 52.

(23) A portable seat back or chair back cooler that is adaptable to existing automobile seat backs as well as a wide range of chair backs is thus disclosed. The disclosed portable seat back or chair back cooler can be fitted onto an automobile seat back or a chair back to provide cooling comfort for a person sitting in the seat or chair without the requirements of any external cooling assembly or power. Finally, the portable seat or chair back cooler can be easily and inexpensively manufactured, and easily and safely used.