The cushion for protecting spinal posture is for placing on a flat chair surface and includes a base member, a sacrum support member on the base member perpendicular to the flat chair surface, and a back support element at 90 or 135 degrees from the flat chair surface. The sacrum support member presses against the user's sacrum and forces the user's vertebral column to be perpendicular to the flat chair surface, thereby maintaining the straightness of the user's vertebral column.

A lightweight seat for vehicles, in particular for rear seats of motor vehicles, has a carrier part, wherein the carrier part is produced from a dimensionally stable material and integrally includes at least one seat shell for a seat user.

A foam-based seat and an enclosure for a foam-based seat is provided. The foam-based seat includes a base, main body, a cutout opening formed in the main body, fitted fabric configured to encase the main body, and a removable nesting insert configured to friction fit within the cutout opening. The removable nesting insert can be inserted into the cutout opening, or removed, to provide a myriad of seating arrangements. The foam-based seat may constitute a variety of geometries, including one embodiment that is square with a square removable nesting insert, and another embodiment that is round with an expanded base and a circular nesting insert. The enclosure for a foam-based seat includes a rigid frame with two ends, an internal opening configured to circumscribe a foam-based seat, and a shelving unit that extends from the two ends of the rigid frame.

Radiant furniture made of a concrete mix includes one or more heating elements or hot water supplied hydronic tubing that provide comfortable radiant heat. Radiant furniture for sitting includes a radiant seating panel with a bottom cushion overlying the radiant seating panel that provides a heated seating surface for the radiant furniture. A back cushion or a portion of a back cushion can be moved from a first position for sitting to a second position overlying the bottom cushion. A controller senses the temperature of the radiant seating panel and the ambient temperature, then applies power to one or more heating elements in the furniture according to programmed temperature thresholds to provide comfortable radiant heat from the furniture.

Many persons that find it difficult to stand from a chair use powered lift chairs that lift the chair seat in an upward direction. These seats are generally one piece seats and offer only one departure angle that is not suitable for all persons. The adjustable angel chair seat allows the person to choose the best departure angle from the seat for the safest departure from the chair.

A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.

A ventilated seating assembly comprises a first rigid component, a foam layer, and a second rigid component. The first rigid component comprises formed cloth and has a bonding surface, a ventilation surface opposite the bonding surface, and a 3-dimensional profile. The foam layer has an A-surface and a B-surface opposite the A-surface with the first rigid component bonded to the B-surface of the foam layer such that a portion of the B-surface includes the 3-dimensional profile. The second rigid component comprises a polymeric material affixed to a portion of the ventilation surface of the first rigid component. The first and second rigid components define a cavity including a plurality of air passageways defined by the 3-dimensional profile of the first rigid component.

A seating arrangement includes a base, a seat assembly operably coupled to the base, and a back assembly that includes a substantially rigid back frame including a pair of side portions spaced from one another and extending upward from the base, and a substantially flexible back shell including a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a plurality of laterally-extending slots that extend between the front surface and the rear surface and that cooperate to define a plurality of laterally-extending ribs therebetween, where a pair of laterally-extending ribs of the plurality of laterally-extending ribs are connected to one another via a vertically-extending rib located at a substantial midpoint across a width of the back shell, and wherein the back shell is coupled to each of the side portions of the back frame at locations above the plurality of laterally-extending slots.

A seat core material having reduced deformation, extremely excellent dimensional accuracy, sense of unity, and strength is thus provided. The frame member and the foamed particle molding are integrated in the seat core material.

A load-bearing fabric architecture including a soft surface material, a support system provided in contact with the soft surface material. The support system comprises a frame and structural surface material connected to the frame. The soft surface material is at least partially disposed above the support system, and the support system is configured to support an applied load.