Patent ID: 8235461
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A42B,A47C,B60N

Abstract:
1. A ventilated seat comprising: a seat portion; a back portion adjustably hinged to the seat portion, at least one of the seat and the back portions comprising a planer sheet of shock absorbing material located therein, the shock absorbing material having a top layer, a bottom layer, and a plurality of pairs of ribs that couple the top layer to the bottom layer, the pairs of ribs extend through the material so as to create a plurality of channels therein, the top layer having a plurality of perforations therein that communicate with the plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels having an opening on an end of the material coupled to an air source that cause air to pass through the openings of the channels and exit through the perforations in the material, wherein the seat portion and the back portion comprise one or more layers of material, the plurality of channels in the material extend continually from a front of the seat portion to a top of the back portion; and a feeder tube having a plurality of nipples, each of the nipples interface with openings on the bottom layer of the material, the feeder tube coupled to the air source, the channels closed at a first end of the material at the front of the seat portion and at a second end of the material at the top of the back portion, therewith allowing air passing through the channels and escape only through the perforations in the top layer, wherein the nipples interface with openings on the bottom layer of the material at an intersection of the seat portion with the back portion.