Liquid loop garments

Claim 1

A liquid loop garment for thermal protection in hostile temperature environments, said garment constructed and arranged to conform substantially to the contours of a body portion over which it is to be used, said garment having integral arm sections, leg sections and a torso section and comprising, a first liquid impervious yieldable sheet, a second liquid impervious yieldable sheet overlying said first sheet, said first and second sheets being of a material such that said sheets can be sealed to each other, selected portions of said sheets having spaced sealed lines of securement to form liquid barriers along said sealed lines at preselected positions between said first and second sheets, said barriers and sheets defining adjacent liquid channels which act to direct flow of a heat transfer liquid passed into said garment, selected ones of said sealed lines being discontinuous to form short circuit heat transfer liquid flow paths on flexure of said garment at the elbow and knee areas thereof, an inlet manifold interconnected with a first plurality of said channels and an outlet manifold interconnected with a second plurality of said channels whereby heat transfer liquid can be passed to said inlet manifold and distributed over the body of an individual with efficient control of temperature variations in said garment.