Patent ID: 7197801

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an insert and providing ventilation of a seat of an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of providing a first polymeric gas barrier layer having a plurality of openings, an intermediate layer including a spacer material and a second polymeric gas barrier layer wherein either the first barrier layer or the second barrier layer includes at least one opening; laminating, by adhesion or melt seal, the first and second barrier layers about a peripheral edge of the insert for defining a peripheral strip extending along the peripheral edge and for confining the spacer material within the first and second layer so that the spacer material forms an open space within the insert wherein the spacer material remains at least partially pliable or flexible between the first and the second layers; providing an air mover in fluid communication with the at least one opening; and placing the plurality of openings in fluid communication with an air permeable seat cover of a seat of an automotive vehicle; wherein the resulting area of the plurality of openings in the first layer is within 20 cm 2 of the resulting area of the at least one opening.