Patent ID: 7526824

Claim:
A seat cushion for use as a display surface and as a temperature regulated seating surface, the seat cushion comprising: a first flexible sheet having a first outer periphery; a second flexible sheet having a second outer periphery; a first connector joining at least a portion of the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet together adjacent the first outer periphery and the second outer periphery, the first connector forming a cavity between the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet, and the first connector forming a first opening between the first sheet and the second sheet, into the cavity, wherein the first opening has a first given length; a second connector forming a second opening into the cavity, and wherein the second opening has a second given length; a message displayed on the first flexible sheet on a first side thereof in opposition to the second flexible sheet; a strap attached to the second flexible sheet and configured for attaching the seat cushion to a seating surface; and a hand-sized pocket having a minimum length of about six inches and a minimum width of about ten inches and attached to the second flexible sheet on a second side thereof in opposition to the first flexible sheet, wherein the hand-sized pocket is attached to the second flexible sheet with three sides sewn in a closed configuration and one side unsewn in an open configuration; wherein the given length of the opening into the cavity of the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet is configured to admit placement and withdrawal of a temperature regulating component therethrough so as to provide one of heating and cooling to the seating surface of the seat cushion; wherein the first given length of the first opening and the second given length of the second opening are sized to allow placement of a hand therethrough so as to provide for hand-waving; wherein the first opening has a first given length in the range of about 2 inches to about 8 inches and the second opening has a second given length in the range of about 2 inches to about 18.5 inches; and wherein the hand-sized pocket provides a handle for waving the seat cushion with a single hand so as to display the message on the first side of the first flexible sheet.