Patent ID: 7730566

Claim:
A gelastic cushion comprising A. a first set of buckling walls (i) made of a first gelastic material having a first triblock polymer of the general configuration A-B-A and a first plasticizer; (ii) define a first top and bottom open-ended opening area wherein there is no gelastic skin material positioned on or across the first set of buckling walls' top surface and bottom surface, (iii) are the tallest walls in the gelastic cushion with a first height ranging from the first set of buckling walls' bottom surface to the first set of buckling walls' top surface, (iv) have a first width that allows the first set of buckling walls to buckle, when a force is applied at the first set of buckling walls' top surface to the first set of buckling walls, into the first opening area or into (a) an adjacent second opening and/or (b) exterior to the perimeter of the gelastic cushion; B. a second buckling wall (i) made of a second gelastic material having a second triblock polymer of the general configuration A-B-A and a second plasticizer; (ii) positioned within the first opening area, (iii) interconnects to (a) a first wall of the first set of buckling walls at a first interconnection area that extends from the first set of buckling walls' bottom surface a distance greater than zero along the first wall toward the first set of buckling walls' top surface and (b) a second wall of the first set of buckling walls at a second interconnection area that extends from the first set of buckling walls' bottom surface a distance greater than zero along the second wall toward the first set of buckling walls' top surface wherein the first interconnection area is diametrical to the second interconnection area; (iv) has a second height, which is less than the first height of the first set of buckling walls and the difference between the first height of the first set of buckling walls and the second height of the second buckling wall is a first differential distance; and (v) has a second width that allows the second buckling wall to buckle into the first opening area if the force applied to the first set of buckling walls buckles the first set of buckling walls a distance greater than the first differential distance.