Patent ID: 6082683
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A47B,B29C

Abstract:
A formable gel cushion produced by:coating one side of a stretchable fabric with gel in order to make said fabric resistant to passage of air therethrough;disposing the coated fabric over a mold adapted for vacuum forming the coated fabric;applying a vacuum between the coated fabric and the mold to cause intimate contact between another side of the coated fabric and the mold by stretching of the fabric;depositing a first additional volume of gel on the fabric coating while the vacuum is being applied in order to cause bonding between the first additional volume and the coated fabric;disposing a formable member onto the first additional volume of gel, said formable member comprising a plurality of flat metal fingers, each joined only at one end thereof to an elongated spine, each metal finger being formable along a direction transverse to said spine;depositing a second additional volume of gel onto the formable member;allowing the first and second additional volume of gel to solidify; andremoving the solidified gels with the metal plate therebetween and the coated fabric fixed thereto from the mold in order to obtain said formable gel cushion.