Patent ID: 6543844
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A47C,A47D,A61G

Abstract:
A support cushion for children's furniture, the cushion defining a seat cushion area and a back cushion area and having a seating surface that extends over said areas and is contoured to provide positional support for a child seated on said cushion, the cushion being flexible to permit variation in relative angular orientation between the seat cushion area and the back cushion area, wherein the seat cushion area includes a raised barrier that extends transversely of the area at a location spaced forwardly of the rear of the seat cushion area for controlling the position of the pelvis of a child using the cushion, and wherein the cushion further includes a pair of side support elements capable of extending forwardly from respectively opposite sides of the back cushion area to locate against sides of the trunk of a child and cushion the trunk against side-to-side movement, and a pelvis support element which extends transversely of the cushion between the seat cushion area and the back cushion area, for providing specific support to the rear of the pelvis of a child using the cushion; wherein the pelvis support element adjoins the seat cushion area and the back cushion area at respective hinge regions that extend transversely of the cushion, allowing longitudinal movement of the cushion with respect to a seating unit in which the cushion is used, whereby the relative longitudinal extents of the seat cushion area and the back cushion area can be varied and the pelvic support element located to a lesser or greater extent below the buttocks of a child seated on the cushion.