Seat cushion with integrated handle

• US 6,839,928 B1
• Filed: 02/05/2002
• Issued: 01/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gelco Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gelco Products, LLC
• Inventors: Yates, Paul M., Langston, Jason S., Woodall, Cathleen
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HO, THOMAS YIH
• Application Number:
  US10/073,370
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 565/3, 565/6, 297/4, 297/219.11, 297/219.1
• US Class Current: 5/653
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/52 Trunk chairs, i.e. chairs collapsible to self contained carrying case, e.g. trunk shape trunk tables A47B3/10
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 5/125 completely made of foam material
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/021 Detachable or loose seat cushions

Abstract

A seat cushion includes a pair of generally flat pads for supporting a user'"'"'s buttocks and a handle disposed between the pads for carrying the seat cushion. Arms, interconnecting the pads and the handle are provided for holding the pads in both a spaced apart relationship and enabling grasping of the handle by a user. The arms are flexible for enabling the pads to be oriented in both a planar relationship for supporting the user'"'"'s buttocks and a coplanar relationship for enabling transport of the seat cushion by the handle.

Claims

1. A seat cushion comprising:

a pair of generally flat pads for supporting a user'"'"'s buttocks;

a hinged handle disposed between the pads for carrying said seat cushion;

spaced apart arms, attached to and extending from the pads and said hinged handle, for holding the pads and handle in a spaced apart relationship and enabling grasping of said hinged handle by the user, said arms being flexible for enabling the pads to be oriented in both a planar relationship for supporting the user'"'"'s buttocks and a folded parallel plane relationship for enabling transport of said seat cushion by the handle, the arms including forearms and aftarms each joined to opposite ends of said hinged handle for holding said hinged handle in a spaced apart relationship with the folded pads; and

wherein the pads, arms and hinged handle are integrally molded.

2. The seat cushion according to claim 1 wherein said hinged handle and said arms are recessed from a top of each of the pads for enabling the user'"'"'s coccyx to depend between the pads in order to prevent pressure on the coccyx.

3. The seat cushion according to claim 1 wherein each of the pads include an arcuate forward perimeter, the forward perimeters being joined by the forearms.

4. The seat cushion according to claim 3, wherein each of the pads include an arcuate rearward perimeter, the rearward perimeter being joined by the aftarms.

5. The seat cushion according to claim 2 further comprising means for releasably holding the pads in the parallel planer relationship.

6. A seat cushion comprising:

a pair of generally flat pads for supporting a user'"'"'s buttocks, the pads having mirror image perimeters;

a single hinged handle disposed between the pads for carrying said seat cushion;

spaced apart arms, attached to and extending from the pads and said hinged handle, for holding the pads and handle in a spaced apart relationship and enabling grasping of said hinged handle by the user, the arms being flexible for enabling the pads to be oriented in both a planar relationship for supporting the user'"'"'s buttocks and a folded parallel plane relationship for enabling transport of said seat cushion by the hinged handle, the arms including forearms and aftarms each joined to opposite ends of said hinged handle for holding said hinged handle in a spaced apart relationship with the folded pads; and

wherein the pads, arms and hinged handle are integrally molded.

7. The seat cushion according to claim 6, wherein said hinged handle and arms have a thickness smaller than a thickness of the pads and are disposed between the pads for enabling the user'"'"'s coccyx to depend between the pads in order to prevent pressure on the coccyx.

8. The seat cushion according to claim 7 wherein the handle arms and pads each have a bottom surface disposed in a single plane with the pads oriented for supporting the user'"'"'s buttocks.

9. The seat cushion according to claim 6 wherein each of the pads include an arcuate forward perimeter, the forward perimeters being joined by the forearms.

10. The seat cushion according to claim 9 wherein each of the pads include an arcuate rearward perimeter, the rearward perimeter being joined by the aftarms.