A47C7/029

MEMORY FOAM CUSHION BODY AND MEMORY FOAM SEAT CUSHION
20240000237 · 2024-01-04 ·

The present disclosure provides a memory foam cushion body and a memory foam seat cushion. The memory foam cushion body includes a memory foam main body and supporting silicone. The memory foam main body is provided with an upper surface and a lower surface. The supporting silicone is arranged on the upper surface of the memory foam main body; the supporting silicone is provided with a through hole penetrating through an upper surface and a lower surface of the supporting silicone; and an air layer is formed between the upper surface of the supporting silicone, an inner wall of the through hole, and the upper surface of the memory foam main body.

CHAIR WITH VARIABLE POSITIONING AND SUPPORT
20200383483 · 2020-12-10 · ·

An adjustable chair frame with a back and seating surfaces that flex to conform to the shape, weight and movement of an occupant is disclosed. The chair form and proportions provide for a recumbent position that disperses the weight of the occupant more evenly, thereby reducing external and internal physiological point loading. The form also provides ergonomic articulation to minimize internal physiological stresses such as neck/back vertebral compression. Eccentric connections driven by a motor assembly allow positioning adjustment of the components of the chair. Additionally, an air pump assembly may be included to automatically adjust one or more air bladders provided on the interior of the chair frame.

Apparatus and system for dynamically correcting posture
10849428 · 2020-12-01 · ·

An orthopedic device for improving posture while sitting, having a foundation member including a front portion for upper legs and a bowl portion for lower pelvic area. The bowl portion has a central portion and an upwardly inclined lateral portion. The lateral portion and the front portion collectively surround the central portion. A channel attachment is connected with one or more pelvic crest portions. The channel attachment portion connects over a concave recessed portion. The central portion has plural regions of varying flexibility and the lateral portion has plural regions of varying flexibility.

Body support device and method
10849429 · 2020-12-01 ·

The present disclosure provides a support device including a body interface layer resting against a user's body, a core adjacent the body interface layer with a plurality of independently acting micro coils surrounded by an enclosure layer, a stabilizing layer more rigid than the enclosure layer and the body interface layer, and an outer layer adjacent the stabilizing layer and which rests against an external surface such as a seat back when the device is in use. The body interface layer includes a curvilinear or parabolic profile with its inflection point toward a central region of the device and tapering toward lateral ends thereof. The body interface layer is thickest toward its intermediate portion which aligns with a central row of the spiral biasing devices, the body interface layer thinner outer intermediate regions aligning with outer spiral biasing device rows, providing for a consistently distributed pressure against the body.

Chair arm assembly

A chair assembly includes a four-bar arrangement that includes a lower end and an upper end where the upper end is adjustable between a raised position and a lowered position, and an arm rest assembly adapted to support the arm of a seated user thereon and supported on an upper end of the four-bar arrangement, wherein the lower end of the four-bar arrangement is pivotably supported from an arm support structure for pivotable movement about an arm pivot axis, such that the upper end of the four-bar arrangement is movable between a first position and second position located laterally outward from the first position, and wherein the arm pivot axis is angularly offset from a vertical axis.

Chair and components

A chair support shell has an integral back portion, seat portion, and joining portion between the back portion and the seat portion. At least a major portion of the support shell comprises a compliant structure, the compliant structure having a plurality of cells interconnected by a plurality of resilient members. The compliant structure provides compliance in the seat portion, compliance in the back portion, and compliance in the joining portion. The compliant structure enables recline of the back portion relative to the seat portion.

CHAIR ASSEMBLY WITH UPHOLSTERY COVERING

A chair assembly includes an arm assembly that includes an armrest supported by a vertically adjustable support assembly and an arm base, where the arm base extends at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal centerline of the chair assembly, an upholstery arrangement including a ring member attached to a cover, where the ring member includes a plurality of reliefs having a width that reduces as the ring member is wrapped about a shell member of the chair assembly, and a control arrangement having a biasing member that moves through an arcuate path as the biasing member is adjusted between varying bias settings.

Method for fabricating anatomical cushion and device to capture pressure controlled shape
10813461 · 2020-10-27 · ·

A method for fabricating a custom anatomical cushion and a device to capture pressure controlled shape is provided. The device comprises, generally, a flexible membrane enclosing floating beads adapted to be completely immersed and freely moving inside a fluid. The device further comprises a mesh adapted to stop the floating beads from going outside of the flexible membrane as a result of a pressure increase or decrease inside the flexible membrane. The device is being fluidly connected to a pressure control system adapted to increase and/or decrease the internal pressure of the flexible membrane and comprises a vibration/leveling system adapted to adjust the fluid level inside the flexible membrane.

Cushion
10806263 · 2020-10-20 · ·

Provided is a cushion including a pad, an envelope, and a support pad set. The pad has a sunken portion. The envelope is disposed on the pad. The envelope has a pocket-shaped body. A plurality of coupling portions is disposed at edges of the body. The support pad set includes an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a soft gel pad. The support pad set is disposed in the body of the envelope.

Chair having adjustable backrest
10806264 · 2020-10-20 · ·

A chair includes a seat, a backrest and a frame to support the seat and backrest. The frame includes first and second supports disposed at first and second sides of the chair, respectively. The chair also includes a first engaging mechanism pivotally coupling the backrest with the first support, and a second engaging mechanism pivotally coupling the backrest with the second support. The first or second engaging mechanism includes first, second and third members. The first member fixedly is coupled with the backrest. The second member pivotally connects the first member of the respective engaging mechanism with the first or second support, thereby allowing the backrest to rotate along a first axis in the width direction of the chair. The third member is fixedly coupled with the first or second support and configured to limit the rotation of the backrest.