Patent ID: 9049936
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A seating support, comprising: (a) a lumbar support portion having first and second lumbar supports, the lumbar support portion defining at least a portion of a channel extending between the entire first and the entire second lumbar supports, the lumbar support portion comprising a space defining a hollow center proximate a top edge of the seating support within the channel and between the first and second lumbar supports, wherein the space is a handle, wherein the handle is formed integrally with the lumbar support portion by removing at least a portion of the channel and a portion of the first and second lumbar supports; (b) a coccyx support portion having first and second coccyx supports, the coccyx support portion disposed substantially perpendicular to the lumbar support portion and in communication therewith such that the channel extends from the lumbar support portion between the entire first and the entire second coccyx supports; and (c) a transition region intermediate the lumbar support portion and the coccyx support portion, the transition region substantially preventing rotation of the lumbar support portion relative to the coccyx support portion independent of a secondary seat without any external reinforcement for the lumbar support portion (i) in a direction of rotation increasing an angle between the lumbar support portion and the coccyx support portion and (ii) in a direction of rotation decreasing the angle between the lumbar support portion and the coccyx support portion, the transition region maintaining the coccyx support portion substantially perpendicular to the lumbar support portion, the lumbar support portion, the coccyx support portion, the channel, and the transition region being an integral one piece construction, and the channel defining a curved section comprising at least one flat portion disposed proximate the transition region on the coccyx support portion, the at least one flat portion supporting the seating support in a substantially upright position.