Chairs and seats – Bottom or back – Contoured bottom
Patent
1994-07-15
1996-09-17
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back
Contoured bottom
29745241, 29745235, 5913, 5713, A47C 2710
Patent
active
055561691
ABSTRACT:
The multi-layer support system for conforming to and supporting an object comprises a first, compartmented, fluid-sealed layer containing a plurality of beads which are movable within the first layer when fluid is introduced and which are inhibited from motion when an amount of the fluid is evacuated from the first layer, the first layer is conformable to the surface contours of a body or object. A second compartmented, fluid-sealed layer is adjacent the first layer and moves when air is introduced therein, the first and second layers are coupled together and preferably co-extensive such that movement of a portion of the second layer causes movement of the portion of the first layer to further mold the first layer. Introducing fluid to the first and second layers conforms the first layer to the body and subsequently evacuating fluid from the first layer sets the first layer beads to provide a rigid, contoured surface which follows the contours of the body and supports the body. An alternative embodiment utilizes layers containing individual, fluid-sealed compartments which may be selectively filled and evacuated independently from one another and at different pressures to selectively conform the layers.
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Mesmer Ethan J.
Parrish Milton E.
Allred David E.
Cuomo Peter M.
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