Patent ID: 8596723

Claim:
A cushion-less passenger seat comprising: (a) spaced left and right spreaders, each having a front and rear leg with top and bottom ends; (b) a seating surface formed from a flexible bottom diaphragm attached to and extending between said left and right spreaders, said seating surface adapted to slide to simulate reclining; and (c) a lumbar support having lower and upper sections and front and back sides formed from a flexible diaphragm, said lumbar support lower section being attached to and between said left and right spreaders thereby forming an angle between said seating surface and said lumbar support lower section, and said lumbar support upper section extending upwardly above said rear legs and said seating surface, said lower section of the lumbar support adapted to be articulated by the sliding movement of said seating surface whereby said angle increases due to said sliding movement.