Fitted seating apparatus and manufacture
First Claim
1. Custom fitted seating apparatus comprisingA. a back supporting structural brace element fitted to a selected lumbosacral contour,B. a seat-back cushion element having pocket means for removably and replacably receiving said brace element in a cushioned and back supporting disposition, andC. positioning means for selectively adjusting the dorsal supporting location of said brace element when received in said pocket means.
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Abstract
A custom-fitted seating device has a back supporting structural brace element removably and replacably housed in a pocket of a seat back cushion. The brace element has a selected lumbosacral or other anatomical contour fitted to match the person being seated. A positioning element locates the brace element in an adjustably selected supporting location. The seating device can be an accessory seat back placed on a conventional seat, such as an automatic seat, or can be a free standing seat.
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18 Claims
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1. Custom fitted seating apparatus comprising
A. a back supporting structural brace element fitted to a selected lumbosacral contour, B. a seat-back cushion element having pocket means for removably and replacably receiving said brace element in a cushioned and back supporting disposition, and C. positioning means for selectively adjusting the dorsal supporting location of said brace element when received in said pocket means.
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12. Custom-fitted seating apparatus comprising
A. a structural brace element having a custom-fitted body supporting anatomical contour, B. a pocket element arranged for underlying a dorsal region of a seated person and for removably and replacably receiving said brace element for supporting that dorsal region of the seated person, and C. positioning means for selectively adjusting the dorsal supporting location of said brace element when received in said pocket means.
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13. A method of manufacture of custom fitted seating apparatus comprising the steps of
A. providing a seat-back cushion element having pocket means for removably and replacably receiving a brace element in a cushioned and back supporting disposition, B. fitting a back supporting structural brace element to a selected lumbosacral contour, and C. seating said fitted brace element removably and replacably into said pocket means of said seat-back cushion element.
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14. Custom-fitted seating apparatus comprising
A. a structural brace element having a custom-fitted body supporting anatomical contour, B. deploying means for removably and replacably receiving said brace element and for disposing said brace element when received by said deploying means, for supportingly underlying a dorsal region of a seated person, and C. positioning means for selectively adjusting the dorsal supporting location of said brace element when received by said deploying means.
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18. Custom-fitted seating apparatus comprising
A. a back-supporting structural brace element individually custom fitted to the lumbosacral contour of an individual person, B. a seat-back cushion element having pocket means for removably and replacably receiving said brace element in a cushioned and back-supporting disposition, and C. positioning means for selectively adjusting the dorsal supporting location of said brace element, when received in said pocket means, for the individual to whom it is fitted.
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