Cool Ties

These little wraps are great! Super cooling for that summer time heat, and so easy to take care of.
Cool Ties are a remarkable product, the polymer crystals can absorb up to 400 times their weight in water! The crystals can be used over and over again, with proper care they can even last for years. Cool Ties can be tied around the head, neck or wrists for instant cooling.
Easy to use, just immerse in water for 5 minutes or so and spread the crystals around in their pockets.
The ties can be refrigerated for cooler relief, "flipped" over or immersed again at any water source!
If the cool ties are going to be used again in a few days, they can be placed in a bag in the refrigerator. If not hang them out of direct sunlight to dry, they will slowly dehydrate to their original form.
Cool Tie crystals are nontoxic.
$3.99 specify choice of color..

I need to add a disclaimer here as I've seen several sites claiming Trademark & Copyright rights. Which I've done research for on both the trademark office and the copyright gov. pages.

History of Cool Ties

In 1988 Dan Wofford, Jr. wrote and distributed a brochure describing how to make cool ties. In the early 1990’s the Cooperative Extension Service wrote and distributed a pattern and instructions for cool ties and many individuals started cottage businesses making cool ties and selling them at flea markets, trade shows and fairs. A few years later several US companies began making cool ties for sale over the internet and in hobby & craft stores. Wal-Mart started selling cool ties in 1994. They have been sold on EBay since the inception of the internet marketing company. The Home Shopping Network and QVC have been selling cool ties for years.

Several individuals have claimed to have invented cool ties, and some have claimed various intellectual property rights including patents. A search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office indicates there are NO currently valid trademarks for “Cool Tie” or “Cool Ties”.Any claims otherwise are FALSE. A patent was issued for a cool tie in the late 1990’s, however this patent was issued almost ten years after Dan Wofford, Jr. and the US Cooperative Extension Agency published patterns and instructions regarding how to make cool ties and evaporative body coolers. Therefore, this patent will NOT stand up in court and was a waste of time, effort and money by the patent holder. Reprinted from: