Patent ID: 8960699
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A suspension seat, comprising: a structural layer that is substantially stiff, substantially non-stretchable, and substantially non-compressible, so that the structural layer does not substantially sag when supporting a user, the structural layer comprising a cut-out that allows the buttocks of the user to enter into the cut-out with gradual pressure, thus minimizing high pressure concentrations at edges of the cut-out; a stretchable top layer above the structural layer for bearing load via tension as the user's buttocks enters into the cut-out and deflects into the cut-out, wherein the cut-out and top layer allow an inferior aspect of the buttocks to be at or below the height of the structural layer to permit the user to sit lower in the seat, thereby facilitating sitting stability, and a flexible bottom layer beneath the structural layer, the flexible bottom layer being substantially non-stretchable to provide support for the structural layer, the stretchable top layer and the user, when sitting on the suspension seat.