Patent ID: 7055900

Claim:
A ventilated support structure for a vehicle, comprising: (a) a seat surface; the scat surface having a front and a rear; (b) the seat surface having a lower portion and an upper portion; the lower portion encompassing the front of the seat surface; the upper portion encompassing the rear of the seat surface, (c) a slot positioned on top of the seat surface; the slot extending along the seat surface and over at least part of the upper portion of the seat surface; at least one opening being disposed within the slot; a channel having a first portion and a second portion (e) the first portion of the channel having an air-intake component for directing air flow into the channel; the air in-take component having at least one aperture; (f) the second portion of the channel being engaged with the at least one opening so that air can flow through the at least one aperture of the air intake component and through the at least one opening disposed within the slot to ventilate the seat surface.