ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,394, issued on April 21, was assigned to BendPak Inc. (Agoura Hills, Calif.).
"Portable air-cooling device" was invented by Larry L. Franklin Jr. (Camarillo, Calif.) and Jeffrey S. Kritzer (Moorpark, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable air-cooling device includes an insulated base for holding a coolant and a lid formed to cover the insulated base. The lid includes a heat exchange assembly for cooling an airflow and one or more openings for exhausting the airflow that has been cooled in the heat exchange assembly. Flexible, rotatable ducts are joined to each of the one or more openings of the lid and are positionable by ...