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Apparatus and method for adjusting the position of a supporting element in a seat

  • US 5,816,653 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1997
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for stimulating the muscles of a seat occupant, comprising:

  • a flexible supporting element adapted to be coupled to a seat for movement relative thereto; and

    driving means for automatically and repeatedly moving said flexible supporting element through an adjustment cycle that includes a plurality of first consecutive incremental movements in a first direction followed by a plurality of second consecutive incremental movements in a second direction, each of said first and second consecutive incremental movements separated by a first time interval.

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