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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2018
Ricky Joe Bishop, Warm Springs, GA (US);
Samuel Shawn Klement, Dothan, AL (US);
Ricky Joe Bishop, Warm Springs, GA (US);
Samuel Shawn Klement, Dothan, AL (US);
SOUTHERN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC, Ashburn, GA (US);
Abstract
A representative system for use with a drinking container to provide a flow of air to a user includes: a lid assembly with a lid base configured to removably mount to the drinking container and having a drinking opening, and an exterior housing defining an interior compartment and having an air outlet; a fan mounted within the interior compartment; and a heat exchanger mounted to the lid assembly and extending downwardly from the lid assembly and toward a bottom of the drinking container; wherein, in operation, air is directed via rotation of the fan into the fan into a heat exchange relationship with the heat exchanger and then outwardly through the air outlet as the flow of air; and wherein the lid assembly is configured to permit flow of the thermal medium from within the drinking container and through the drinking opening for drinking by the user while the lid base is mounted to the open end of the drinking container and the fan is providing the flow of air.