Patent ID: 8397325
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An air cell cushion to be mounted on a seating surface and support a person seated thereon, the air cell cushion comprising: a plate-like base member; a plurality of air cells arranged in a horizontal direction and extending upwardly from an upper surface side of the base member; and a plurality of side air cells extending upwardly from the upper surface side of the base member at both end sides in a lateral direction of the base member, each side air cell being larger in a front-rear direction size than a lateral direction size, wherein each side air cell has a larger area in the top plan view than an area of each air cell in the top plan view, each of the plurality of air cells and side air cells is connectable with an air volume controller for controlling the air volume in the air cells and the side air cells, each side air cell is configured to inflate outwardly in the lateral direction responsive to an increase in the air volume in the side air cell, and each of the side air cells has a plurality of dented portions on an outer side surface thereof in the lateral direction in a state in which the side air cell is not inflated, the dented portions being a plurality of portions of said outer side surface spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction and protruding inward of the side air cell.