Quotables
"Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need."
Charles Kettering
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090292 | Energy absorbing support for vehicular passengers Apparatus for preventing or limiting spinal injuries to a passenger seated in a forward facing position in a moving vehicle during vehicular impact or sudden deceleration. The apparatus includes a vehicle-installed supporting seat for the passenger, the seat having ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070232 | Breathable seat A breathable seat comprises a seat body formed of urethane foam, a three-dimensional network cushion body incorporated in that region of the seat body which bears a user's body, a seat cover having breathability, and a pan frame. The cushion body is formed of a larg... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040707 | Seat back of automotive seat A seat back of automotive seat, which comprises an upper seat back portion and a lower seat back portion. A foam padding of the upper seat back portion is greater in hardness than that of the lower seat back portion. A vent element is provided in each of the two sea... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6733083 | Seat, especially for a vehicle A vehicle seat includes a cellular plastic layer adjacent to the body of a user. The cellular plastic layer is a layer of a substantially energy absorbing cellular plastic having a density of 30-110 kg/m3, an ILD at 65% indentation of 100-500 N, and a reb... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6447058 | Seat means for preventing shock An improved spinal disc protection and seat shock prevention system for use in conjunction with known seating provides a density differential based method for cradling and bracingly protecting a user's spinal, orientation by angled apparatus for receiving... | 09/10/2002 |
| 5855415 | Portable seat cushion having pressure-reducing properties A novel, lightweight portable seat cushion using low-to-medium density cellular elastomer foams with pressure-reducing properties to maximize user comfort and a method for manufacturing one configuration of said cushion.... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5704691 | Padded chair construction A cushion for forming the seat or back of an upholstered chair comprises a rigid unitary body member having a central, relatively flat portion between two marginal edge portions with upstanding ridges formed along each of the two edge portions. The ridges... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5544942 | Motor vehicle seat padding A seat padding, in particular for a motor vehicle seat backrest, includes a foam block whose support face has a recess closed by a base towards the opposite face, and filled with an insert of material permeable to air and/or moisture. The recess is arrang... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5518297 | Seat-type bed for nursing instrument A baby's or child's head is protected against a severe shock in a seat-type bed which is provided for example as part of a baby carriage. For this purpose a first cushion member is arranged to cover a seat, a backrest, a pair of side walls and a top wall,... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5452940 | Pressure relief back cushion An integral lower back pressure relief cushion with a substantially U-shaped aperture at the lower portion of the cushion open at the bottom and extending from the front to the rear of the cushion, such that the sacral and coccyx areas of the user are fre... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5385385 | Child's automotive safety booster seat with a view The present device features a child's automotive safety booster seat that has enough rigidity to withstand high compression, and, at the same time, is soft and comfortable for the child occupant. Conflicting safety design objectives are accomplished by co... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5085488 | Seat backrest with a layered structure The backrest is composed of a rear layer of high rigidity and a softer front layer, the latter having transverse recesses or cavities in its face which is in contact with the rear layer. The backrest is suitable for front and rear seats.... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5062677 | Wheelchair back system A wheelchair back system provides height adjustability of the back, adjustment of the tilt and a lumbar support for a user. The back system is removably-affixed to vertical wheelchair posts by pairs of upper and lower channels at the lateral edges of the ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5039158 | Seating cushion An integral, lower back support cushion which is comprised of at least three layers of resilient material with different physical properities. At least one of the layers of the device contains at least three segments of resilient material, at least two of... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4889387 | Chair member A chair member for promoting correct posture. The chair member may form the chair seat or back rest or it may be a portable cushion. It includes a forward support portion of relatively high density resilient material and an adjacent rear support portion o... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4835801 | Back support cushion A back support cushion which provides neurosensory proprioceptive kinesthetics cues to the thoracic region of the spine in proximity to the apex of the thoracic curve of the spine and provides support in the vertical plane. The kinesthetic cues and vertic... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4696516 | Contoured aircraft and car seat A contoured seat for airplanes and automobiles comprising a bottom portion and a back portion, both supported by a basic frame support. The bottom portion comprises a bottom cushion and a bottom support. The cusion has a front edge, two thigh portions, a ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4522447 | Foam seat and back cushions Disclosed is a seat cushion constructed of cellular elastic material wherein its design provides more uniform distribution of supportive forces exerted by the cushion over a larger area of the anatomical portions of a person seated thereon for minimizing ... | 06/11/1985 |
