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MELBOURNE, FL — A revolutionary new cooling vest has achieved patent pending status by Glacier Tek, Inc., a Florida company. Using RPCM®, a Renewable Phase Change Material that is completely biodegradable and contains no hazardous materials, this unique RPCM® Cool Vest incorporates a non-toxic, biodegradable phase change material that freezes at a cool, but not cold, 59°F. “In a market place that includes numerous body cooling options using virtually identical petroleum-based PCM technology,” said Ray Booska, Glacier Tek’s Vice President, “we have introduced an environmentally responsible product that differs from every other phase change cooling vest. Our RPCM Cool Vests use a completely non-toxic, bio-based product that contains no hazardous chemicals like all the old-style hydrocarbon-based PCM’s do.”

RPCM® Cool Vests are unique in that they are the first PCM products for cooling the body ever produced that are completely harmless to people, animals, and the environment. “Nobody else can honestly say that,” said Booska. Glacier Tek’s RPCM® CoolVest maintains a dry, comfortable 59°F temperature for up to 2 1/2 hours in high temperature environments. The unique and patent pending RPCM™ CoolVest, a body cooling garment produced exclusively by Glacier Tek, Inc. uses a renewable, agriculturally-based phase change material (RPCM) that outperforms traditional hydrocarbon-based PCM’s. “Our exclusive RPCM® Cool Vest is about 10 times less toxic than ordinary table salt and biodegrades faster than sugar, ” Booska said.

Weighing about 4 lbs., the RPCM® Cool Vests are comfortable and easy to use. The RPCM™ Cool Packs can recharge in about 20 minutes in icewater or a freezer and last up to 2½ hours in a 100°F environment. There are a variety of styles for military, industrial, recreational, and general safety use. The new RPCM® CoolVests are a shot in the arm for the suffering US farming industry, explained Booska. “This gives American farmers another cash crop to help support their families in these times when more and more agricultural products are being imported from overseas.” For more information, call (800) 482-0533.

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Military dogs now have something in common with their two-legged counterparts, firefighters and NASCAR drivers.

Cool-suit technology helps all of them in often-stifling work places.

While simpler than the ice-water recirculating models favored by emergency crews and race drivers, the canine versions make a difference, officials say.

And dog handlers at Patrick Air Force Base didn’t have to look far for something to keep their dogs happy — either in the bright sun and thick humidity of Brevard County, or in furnace-like climates overseas. Glacier Tek Inc. of West Melbourne has been in that business for years.

“They manufacture cool vests for people, so we asked them to consider doing them for dogs,” said Sheri Wells, vice president of the Space Coast War Dog Association, a countywide organization.

The company already had the ability and materials to make the dog vests, but only started when the War Dog Association asked.

“We had some patterns laying around, but we hadn’t concentrated on it,” said Ray Booska, vice president of Glacier Tek. “I have a retired police dog at home, so I used him as a model.”

Handlers at Patrick Air Force Base now have two of the vests for their dogs, and eight were sent to Afghanistan for use with Army explosives-detection teams.

Aptly named ChillyDog, the vest straps to a dog’s chest and can work for two to three hours before needing a “recharge” in ice water, freezer or refrigerator.

Its active ingredient is a mixture of animal fat and oils and does not have toxic chemicals that could poison a dog if the vest were punctured, Booska said. The vests sell for $130, but the military’s were mostly donated.

The cooling vests are used almost daily at Patrick Air Force Base said kennel master Tech Sgt. Jerome Blackwell.

“They work really well,” Blackwell said. “It cools them down. It keeps them from heat stress.”

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Washington DC – The US Patent and Trademark Office awards Glacier Tek, Inc. Patent Pending status on RPCM™ Cool Vests, making us the only company in the world with a totally non-toxic cooling vest using biodegradeable phase change material.

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