Method and apparatus for making a custom support

Details Method and apparatus for making a custom support Method and apparatus for making a custom support

1994-10-06

1996-06-04

Davis, Robert

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

With severing, removing material from preform mechanically,...

Simultaneous severing and shaping, or severing while work...

83 19, 83176, 425 2, 264DIG30, B29D 3100

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for making a custom resilient foam support for a human body from a foam block having first and second opposite sides. The method includes placing the first side of the foam against a plurality of individually adjusted supports which are movable towards the first side and placing a human body against the second side of the foam block. The supports are individually adjusted for compressing portions of the foam block for obtaining the desired support characteristics of the human body and cutting means cut the foam block along a plane between the supports and the body.

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