Cushioning device having changeable cushioning members

• US 7,571,504 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chun F.U. Kuo
• Original Assignee: Chun F.U. Kuo
• Inventors: Kuo, Chun Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): Grosz; Alexander
• Application Number:
  US12/284,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20090126107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• Field of Search: 572/4, 572/7, 569/0, 592/2, 565/21, 572/2, 563/8, 572/6, 573/8
• US Class Current: 5/724
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/144 inside the mattress or cushion
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/148 of different resilience
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/15 consisting of two or more layers A47C27/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/20 with springs moulded in, or situated in cavities or openings in foamed material

Abstract

A cushioning device includes a base support, and a number of cushioning members selectively and changeably attached onto the base support and selectively arranged to various structure by the users themselves. The cushioning members each may include such as a hexagonal cross section and arrangeable to various patterns, and each may include one or more perforations for air circulating purposes. The cushioning members may be attached to the base support with such as a hook-and-loop fastening device. The base support includes a pattern for engaging with the cushioning members and for allowing the cushioning members to be arranged to the predetermined positions according to the pattern.

Claims

1. A cushioning device comprising:

a base support,

a plurality of cushioning members selectively and detachably attached onto said base support and selectively arrangeable in various configurations by a user, said cushioning members each including a hexagonal cross section having a perforation formed through said cushioning members for air circulating purposes, and each including a rib extended in said perforation of said cushioning members for increasing the stiffness of said cushioning members, and

an outer covering engaged onto said cushioning members and secured to said base support for stably retaining said cushioning members in a space defined between said base support and said outer covering.

2. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cushioning members each include a fastening device for attaching to said base support, and said base support includes a fastening device for engaging with said fastening device of said cushioning members and for detachably attaching said cushioning members to said base support.

3. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base support includes a pattern provided thereon for engaging with said cushioning members.

4. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cushioning members are made of a material selected from rubber, gel, foam, or elastic fiber.

5. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said outer covering is secured to said base support with a zipper.

6. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ribs of said cushioning members are Y-shaped ribs.

7. The cushioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said perforations of said cushioning members are cylindrical perforations.