Total comfort hard hat systems

Abstract

A fan cooled and heated hard hat system comprising an outer safety shell with louvers in the top of the dome, a removable fan, a removable heating pad, and a screen system having an upper and a lower screen for placing the removable heating pad between when desired by a user-wearer. The fan is mountable to the interior dome of the shell with the propeller of the fan between the screen system and the louvers such that ambient air is drawn through the louvers via the fan and forced through the screen system about the user-wearer's head. The hard hat system cools the user-wearer's head when the heating pad is not in place and heats the user-wearer's head when it is in place.

1 . A fan cooled and heated hard hat system comprising:
 a hard hat assembly comprising;
 a shell; 
 at least one ventilation louver; 
 a fan with a propeller and a handle; 
 a screen system having an upper screen and a lower screen; 
 a detachable heating pad; and 
 a powerer; 
   wherein said ventilation louvers in said hard hat assembly are located in a top of a dome of said shell of said hard hat assembly, said ventilation louvers allow ambient air to be drawn into said hard hat assembly by said fan;   wherein said fan propeller is located between said ventilation louvers and said screen system, said fan propeller able to displace said ambient air when rotating, said fan powered by said powerer;   wherein said detachable heating pad is positionable and retained between said upper screen and said lower screen when a user-wearer desires to use said hard hat assembly for increasing a temperature of said ambient air blown onto a head of said user-wearer;   wherein said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is usable to cool said head of said user-wearer when said detachable heating pad is not positioned between said upper and said lower screens; and   wherein said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is usable to provide a user-wearer-preferred temperature providing comfort and safety to said user-wearer.   
     
     
         2 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 1  wherein said detachable heating pad comprises a packet of exothermic heat dispensing material and said temperature of said intake of said air-flow is raised by exteriorly passing over an outer surface of said detachable heating pad such that heated air distributes evenly about said head of said user-wearer. 
     
     
         3 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 1  wherein said fan comprises at least a low speed and a high speed. 
     
     
         4 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 3  wherein said fan having said low speed and said high speed is controllable via a selector switch having said low speed position, said high speed position, and an off position. 
     
     
         5 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 3  wherein said fan is powered by said powerer, said powerer comprising a battery pack located within said handle of said fan, said handle comprising a housing. 
     
     
         6 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 5  wherein said battery pack is rechargeable. 
     
     
         7 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 5  wherein said fan is removable from said hard hat and said handle of said fan is usable to grip and hold to cool a face of said user-wearer. 
     
     
         8 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 5  wherein said handle of said fan removably snaps into an interior recess located in said dome of said hard hat assembly, said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is thereby assembled ready for an in-use condition. 
     
     
         9 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 8  wherein said handle of said fan is arched to form-fit said interior recess of said dome of said hard hat assembly and doesn't substantially impede a direct flow of said ambient air. 
     
     
         10 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 9  wherein said direct flow of said ambient air is non-turbulent. 
     
     
         11 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 10  wherein said dome of said hard hat assembly is slightly raised to prevent touch contact between said fan, said screen system, said detachable heating pad with said head of said user-wearer. 
     
     
         12 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 11  wherein said upper screen and said lower screen are positioned substantially parallel to each other and secured adjacent said fan such that said intake of said air-flow travels through said ventilation louvers via said fan and then through said upper screen and said lower screen. 
     
     
         13 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 1  wherein said upper screen and said lower screen are arch-contoured to form-fit an interior surface of said dome of said hard hat assembly. 
     
     
         14 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 12  wherein said lower screen has pins affixed perpendicularly to it that insert through rings affixed on a perimeter of said upper screen and snap into receiving holes in said dome of said hard hat assembly. 
     
     
         15 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 14  wherein said detachable heating pad is arched to form-fit a space between said upper screen and said lower screen, said detachable heating pad friction-received in between said upper screen and said lower screen in a sandwich-layered relationship. 
     
     
         16 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 5  wherein said battery pack comprises between 1.5 and 9 volts direct current. 
     
     
         17 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 16  wherein said selector switch is located on the inner arch of said handle of said fan such that said selector switch is easily accessed by said user-wearer. 
     
     
         18 . The fan cooled and heated hard hat system of  claim 1  wherein said ventilation louvers allow an intake of air-flow from an exterior of said top of said hard hat assembly such that said intake of said air-flow passes through said screen system and is distributed evenly about said head of said user-wearer. 
     
     
         19 . A fan cooled and heated hard hat system comprising:
 a hard hat assembly comprising;
 a shell; 
 at least one ventilation louver; 
 a fan with a propeller and a handle; 
 a screen system having an upper screen and a lower screen; 
 a detachable heating pad; and 
 a powerer; 
   wherein said ventilation louvers in said hard hat assembly are located in the top of a dome of said shell of said hard hat assembly, said ventilation louvers allow ambient air to be drawn into said hard hat assembly by said fan;   wherein said ventilation louvers allow an intake of air-flow from an exterior of said top of said hard hat assembly such that said intake of said air-flow passes through said screen system and is distributed evenly about said head of a user-wearer;   wherein said fan is located between said ventilation louvers and said screen system, said fan propeller of said fan able to displace said ambient air when rotating, said fan powered by said powerer;   wherein said detachable heating pad is positionable between said upper screen and said lower screen when said user-wearer desires to use said hard hat assembly for increasing a temperature of said ambient air blown onto a head of said user-wearer;   wherein said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is usable to cool said head of said user-wearer when said detachable heating pad is not positioned between said upper and said lower screens;   wherein said detachable heating pad comprises a packet of exothermic heat dispensing material and said temperature of said intake of said air-flow is raised by exteriorly passing over an outer surface of said detachable heating pad such that heated air distributes evenly about said head of said user-wearer;   wherein said fan comprises at least a low speed and a high speed;   wherein said fan having said low speed and said high speed is controllable via a selector switch having said low speed position, said high speed position, and an off position;   wherein said fan is powered by said powerer, said powerer comprising a battery pack located within said handle of said fan, said handle comprising a housing;   wherein said battery pack is rechargeable;   wherein said fan is removable from said hard hat assembly and said handle of said fan is usable to grip and hold to cool a face of said user-wearer;   wherein said handle of said fan removably snaps into an interior recess located in said dome of said hard hat assembly, said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is thereby assembled ready for an in-use condition;   wherein said handle of said fan is arched to form-fit said interior recess of said dome of said hard hat assembly and doesn't substantially impede a direct flow of said ambient air;   wherein said direct flow of said ambient air is non-turbulent;   wherein said dome of said hard hat assembly is slightly raised to prevent touch contact between said fan, said screen system, said detachable heating pad with said head of said user-wearer;   wherein said upper screen and said lower screen are positioned substantially parallel to each other and secured adjacent said fan such that said intake of said air-flow travels through said ventilation louvers via said fan and then through said upper screen and said lower screen;   wherein said upper screen and said lower screen are arch-contoured to form-fit an interior surface of said dome of said hard hat assembly;   wherein said lower screen has pins affixed perpendicularly to it that insert through rings affixed on a perimeter of said upper screen and snap into receiving holes in said dome of said hard hat assembly;   wherein said detachable heating pad is arched to form-fit a space between said upper screen and said lower screen, said detachable heating pad friction-received in between said upper screen and said lower screen in a sandwich-layered relationship;   wherein said battery pack comprises between 1.5 and 9 volts direct current;   wherein said selector switch is located on the inner arch of said handle of said fan such that said selector switch is easily accessed by said user-wearer; and   wherein said fan cooled and heated hard hat system is usable to provide a user-wearer-preferred temperature providing comfort and safety to said user-wearer.   
     
     
         20 . A method of use for a fan cooled and heated hard hat system comprising the steps of:
 placing a detachable heating pad between an upper screen and a lower screen;   switching a selector switch to a user-wearer desired position to activate a fan;   placing a hard hat assembly on a head of a user-wearer;   removing said hard hat assembly when finished at least one wearing period; and   turning said selector switch to an off position.