Inflatable seat cushion

• US 4,789,202 A
• Filed: 07/13/1987
• Issued: 12/06/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roy H. Alter
• Original Assignee: Roy H. Alter
• Inventors: Alter, Roy H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grosz, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US07/072,511
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 5/454, 5/449, 5/441, 5/446, 5/447, 5/432, 5/433, 297/284, 297/253, 297/DIG. 3, 297/224, 128/78
• US Class Current: 297/284.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/467 adjustable by fluid means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/914 Hydro-pneumatic adjustments of the shape
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/03 Pneumatic

Abstract

An inflatable cushion for motor cars, vans, recreational vehicles and the like, and which has general application to provide comfortable seating on rough, hard, cold or hot surfaces. The cushion includes an inflatable member mounted in the back section and positioned to provide support at the lower lumber region of the back of the individual seated on the cushion, and which is adjustable to the particular needs of that individual.

Claims

1. A portable cushion assembly, adapted to be releasably secured to a seat structure comprising:

a seat section and a back section hinged to one another, each of said sections comprising a fabric casing and a pair of generally continuous foam sheets filling said casing and supported thereby; and

an inflatable member positioned between said foam sheets and forming an air chamber mounted in said back section whereby its supports the lower lumbar region of an individual seated on the cushion assembly.

2. The cushion assembly defined in claim 1, in which said said sheets comprise polyurethane foam.

3. The cushion assembly defined in claim 1, in which the front side of the back and seat sections is covered with a simulated sheep-skin material.

4. The cushion assembly defined in claim 1, and which includes at least one elongated elastic restraint member secured at its ends to the edges of the back section and extending around the rear side thereof.

5. The cushion assembly defined in claim 1, and which includes a pair of bottom restraints secured to the respective edges of the assembly at the portion thereof where the seat and back sections are hinged to one another.

6. The cushion assembly defined in claim 1, and which includes a hand-operated inflater bulb, and an air tube coupling the bulb to the inflatable member.

7. A portable, cushion assembly adapted to be releasably secured to a seat structure comprising a fabric casing and a pair of generally continuous sheets or foam material filling said casing and supported thereby;

and an inflatable member forming an air chamber mounted between said foam sheets in a back, whereby it supports the lower lumbar region of a seated individual using the cushion assembly.