A sport chair includes a seating surface operative to support a user and a processor. The processor is configured to detect the presence of a user on the seating surface, establish communication with an article of apparel on the body of the user, receive an indication of a physiological parameter of the user from a biometric sensor provided with the article of apparel, and output the physiological parameter to a display.

There is provided a vehicle seat (car seat) comprising a seat cushion pad (seat body) having an air passage connected to an outlet port (114), and a blower having an inlet port (113) and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port (113) to the air passage. The blower (100) is located on the lower side of the seat cushion pad (seat body) that is opposite to an occupant's side on which an occupant is to be seated, and the inlet port (113) is directed upward that is a direction toward the seat cushion pad (seat body).

A ventilation mat according to the present invention is a ventilation mat including: a ventilation mat body including a plurality of tubes coupled to one another in a sheet shape; and a ventilation guide connected to a side surface of the ventilation mat body, in which the ventilation mat body includes: a ventilation part with a slit provided on a side of the plurality of tubes coming into contact with the skin cover so as to be extended across the plurality of tubes, the ventilation part being coupled, with a material of the tube, to a side of the plurality of tubes coming into contact with the sheet cushioning material; and an air flow mixing part that is provided closer to a connection part of the ventilation guide than the ventilation part is, and communicates between the plurality of tubes.

Disclosed is a connector, comprising a base including one or more supports extending from the base, a diverter that is offset from the base via the one or more supports, and a passage defined in the base having a size that is substantially the same as a size of the diverter. The diverter is configured to extend through a layer in a climate control device. The diverter restricts the layer from obstructing the passage.

A temperature modulation system for a bed, blanket, or other furniture includes a fluid for moderating temperature change, a number of conduit circuits for directing the fluid through respective zones, a control unit including a thermoelectric device for modulating temperature of the fluid, and a pump. Each of the conduit circuits selectively and independently directs fluid through its respective zone in order to produce a temperature within the zone that is independent of the temperature outside the zone. The system also includes an arrangement of one or more zones in an arrangement in which the control unit is programmed to vary the zone temperature over time according to a schedule.

A lumbar traction device for treating a lower back of a user includes a shell that is coupled to and extends from a rear edge of a panel. The shell and the panel are configured to position on a seat and in abutment a backrest of a chair, respectively. A coupling means that extends through a front of the shell is coupled to a plate positioned in the shell. The coupling means is configured to couple to a torso of the user to couple the user to the plate. An actuator, which is positioned in the shell and operationally coupled to the plate, is positioned to selectively raise the plate relative to the seat of the chair. The coupling means is configured to transmit an upward force from the actuator to the torso of the user to place a lumbar region of a spine of the user in traction.

A ventilated seat assembly such as an aircraft passenger seat including a cushion assembly supported by a structural element, a plurality of Venturi tubes positioned to direct a flow of air through the cushion assembly, an air compressor supplying compressed air, a manifold assembly coupled in fluid communication with the air compressor, a conduit network fluidly coupling the manifold assembly with the plurality of Venturi tubes, and a controller for activating the air compressor and actuating the manifold assembly. Supplying a small volume of pressurized air to the Venturi tubes induces a larger flow of ambient air and a multiplied air effect to ventilate the passenger seat.

A ventilated seat assembly such as an aircraft passenger seat including a cushion assembly supported by a structural element, a plurality of Venturi tubes positioned to direct a flow of air through the cushion assembly, an air compressor supplying compressed air, a manifold assembly coupled in fluid communication with the air compressor, a conduit network fluidly coupling the manifold assembly with the plurality of Venturi tubes, and a controller for activating the air compressor and actuating the manifold assembly. Supplying a small volume of pressurized air to the Venturi tubes induces a larger flow of ambient air and a multiplied air effect to ventilate the passenger seat.

Disclosed is a seat pad assembly having ventilation for comfort and heat dissipation. The seat pad assembly includes a frame with padding on top of the frame. The padding having multiple pores for the air to pass through. The frame includes a side opening on its sidewall and a front opening on its front wall. A channel fluidly connects the first opening to the second opening. A cooling module having fans is coupled to the first opening. The top of the frame is having apertures along the length of the channel, wherein the channel and the apertures are configured, such as an airflow between the first opening and the second opening results in drawing the air from the pores of the padding through the apertures into the channel. Alternatively, the channel and the apertures can be configured to draw a portion of the air flowing between the first opening and the second opening through the apertures into the pores of the padding.

A portable collapsible chair may include a frame that may be collapsed to enable a user to carry or store the chair and that may be expanded to form a chair on which the user may sit. The chair may further include a backrest coupled to the frame, a seat coupled to the frame, and one or more heat exchangers. The chair may also include a control circuit coupled to the one or more heat exchangers. The control circuit may provide a first signal to at least some of the one or more heat exchangers to warm the chair in a warming mode or may provide a second signal to at least some of the one or more heat exchangers to cool the chair in a cooling mode.