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Air Duct Jacket
Pipe Warm Air Directly Into Your Jacket or Coat!
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Those of us who live in colder climates have experienced the feelings of being cold after entering a warm car, a department store, or even public transportation.

Rather than just standing there and shivering while you wait to warm up, simply reach into your pocket, pull out the cloth hose and hold it directly up to the nearest forced air duct. And within a few seconds you will have nice warm air being pumped into your coat!

No longer will you stand there with your hands in front of the air vent flapping them around in an attempt to get warm. Just keep your hands in your pocket as the jacket warms up your entire upper body.


Jscotty, Jan 29 2008


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       You could probably market the motorcycle model.

normzone, Jan 29 2008
  

       The guy in Blade Runner who "did eyes" had one of these.

angel, Jan 30 2008
  

       If your in a warm room why are you still wearing a jacket. And why couldnt you just unzip the thing and stand in front of a vent. If your going outside wouldnt your jacket already be at room temperature in the first place?. If your freezing while your wearing your coat, may i suggest buying another coat.

Antegrity, Jan 30 2008
  

       Don't they make things like this for cold weather survival?

DrCurry, Jan 30 2008
  

       If there was a handsfree version that locked onto a special adapter pre-attached to a car's heating vent, I think I would invest.   

       I nearly had a sense of humour failure last week after coming in from a windy -26 (a dodgy metal filling doesn't help), until I saw on the weather news that Winnipeg had an expected 'high' that day in the -40s. Poor sods!

boysparks, Jan 30 2008
  

       //...had an expected 'high' that day in the -40s//   

       You forgot to add (subtract) the 'windchill factor'... new product line: LOX gutters to catch and pipe in fresh oxygen if it gets too stuffy outside.

FlyingToaster, Jan 30 2008
  

       They could also catch and pipe in smoked salmon.

angel, Jan 31 2008
  

       Couldn't you just take a regular jacket and add on one sleeve extension? Then you'd just extend the sleeve around your hand and reach for the vent.

MisterQED, Jan 31 2008
  

       //Couldn't you just take a regular jacket and add on one sleeve extension?// Sure, but then it wouldn't be half-baked.

Jscotty, Jan 31 2008
  

       An excellent idea, that, sadly, times have passed by. It is now the era of Al Gore initiated Global Warming...Air duct equipped jackets will no longer be needed. The proof of Global Warming is no longer debatable...notice the commentaries of -40 degree weather...what more proof does anyone need?   

       Global Warming deniers...take heed....the future is upon you!

Blisterbob, Jan 31 2008
  

       Just today I was going to post an idea about gloves with a duct system that could have hot breath blown into it to warm hands. That exists. Then I was thinking of posting an entire jacket that could have hot breath blown into it from the collar. Then I saw this. I'm still cold.

rcarty, Jan 31 2008
  

       Shirley an obvious adaptation of this would allow the entire thing to hover?

MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 31 2008
  

       When I first saw this, i though it was going to be a cover for the ducts in your house...   

       This idea make a lot of sense, I'd buy it. [+]

wolstech, Jan 31 2008
  

       Also very useful in summer. Hook it up to an aircon vent. I use the long sleeves of my business shirts to force cold air inside them from the airvents on my car, on hot days.

UnaBubba, Feb 01 2008
  

       What is preventing you from using your jacket sleeve?

Antegrity, Feb 01 2008
  

       Probably the same force preventing [jscotty] from following through on this idea: sheer unbridled laziness.

rcarty, Feb 02 2008
  

       Me? I don't wear jackets on hot days. 40degC (about 104 F) is a tad warm for a jacket, I find. Wearing one on those days is a form of self-flagellation.   

       The people in the idea? Vents tend to be in ceilings. I might be able to reach a ceiling but most people can't.

UnaBubba, Feb 02 2008
  

       A jacket with built-in ducks? I suppose if the filling is made from down...

ed, Feb 04 2008
  


 
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