Seat construction

• US 4,099,278 A
• Filed: 06/02/1977
• Issued: 07/11/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph J. Parisi
• Original Assignee: Joseph J. Parisi
• Inventors: Parisi, Joseph J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, James C.
• Application Number:
  US05/802,718
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 5/337, 5/338, 5/345 R, 5/361 B, 5/DIG. 2, 297/452, 297/455, 297/456, 297/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 5/400
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/185 with a stiff, rigid support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/01 Foam

Abstract

A seat construction is comprised of a relatively rigid support, a first cushion supported at its bottom surface on the support and having a recessed portion formed in its bottom, a second cushion supported at its bottom surface on the support and contained within the recessed portion of the first cushion, the first cushion being made of a resilient material of a relatively high density and compression characteristic and the second cushion being made of a resilient material that is softer and has a lower compression characteristic than the first cushion and a cover enclosing the outer surface of the first cushion and secured to the support.

Claims

1. A seat construction comprising:

a relatively rigid support,

a first cushion supported at its bottom surface on said support and having a recessed portion formed in its bottom,

a second cushion supported at its bottom surface on said support and contained within said recessed portion of said first cushion, said second cushion and said recessed portion being confined to a limited region of said first cushion with a depth substantially less than the depth of said first cushion,

said first cushion made of a resilient material,

said second cushion being made of a resilient material softer than said first cushion, and

a cover enclosing the outer surface of said first cushion and secured to said support.

2. A seat construction according to claim 1 wherein said first and second cushions are made of a foam material.

3. A seat construction according to claim 2 wherein said recessed portion is elongated along the width of the seat construction and said second cushion is shaped to conform to the shape of said recessed portion to provide a core filling the same.

4. A seat construction according to claim 3 wherein said second cushion and said recessed portion have sloped end walls in side-by-side relation.

5. A seat construction according to claim 3 wherein said second cushion and said recessed portion have mating surfaces having an arcuate shape.

6. A seat construction according to claim 5 wherein said second cushion and said recessed portion have mating sloped end walls.

7. A seat construction according to claim 3 wherein said recessed portion has a flat bottom and a pair of sloped side walls extending from said flat bottom to the bottom surface of said first cushion and said second cushion has surfaces mating with said flat bottom and sloped side walls.

8. A seat construction according to claim 7 wherein said second cushion and said recessed portion have mating sloped end walls.

9. A seat construction according to claim 3 wherein said recessed portion is approximately centered on and extends along the natural seating line of the seat construction.

10. A seat construction according to claim 2 wherein said second cushion forms an insert filling said recessed portion.

11. A seat construction according to claim 10 wherein said second cushion has a plurality of holes spaced apart from each other and extending through said second cushion from the bottom thereof.

12. A seat construction according to claim 11 wherein said spaced apart holes are arranged in a pair of rows extending along the width of the seat construction.

13. A seat construction according to claim 2 wherein the indentation load deflection of said second cushion is less than that of said first cushion.

14. A seat construction according to claim 1 wherein said second cushion is removably positioned within said recessed portion of said first cushion to permit the substitution of another cushion.