Patent ID: 9055820
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A47C,B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air manifold for a ventilated occupant support, said air manifold comprising: a sheet-like body including first and second spaced, opposing walls and a sealed perimeter; a plurality of divider walls connecting said first and second walls together and defining a plurality of air channels within said body, said plurality of air channels including a plurality of said air channels that supply air and another plurality of said air channels that receive air; an opening in said body defining an air port cooperable with an air mover, said air port being in fluid communication with said air channels that receive air; a plurality of air vents in said first wall, each air vent being in fluid communication with at least one of said air channels that supply air; at least one zone disposed within a plurality of said air channels inside said body, said at least one zone being free of said divider walls, and each said at least one zone being in fluid communication with a plurality of said air channels that supply air to said air port and also being in fluid communication with another plurality of said air channels that receive air from said plurality of air vents, said at least one zone being disposed intermediate said air vents and said air port; and said air manifold being disposable between a seat cushion element and a structural support of a seat wherein said first wall of said air manifold faces a backside surface of said seat cushion element.