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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Krouskop, Stafford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264163 ; 83 19 ; 83176 ; 425-2 ; 264D / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a custom resilient foam support for a human body from a foam block having first and second opposite sides. The method includes placing the first side of the foam against a plurality of individually adjusted supports which are movable towards the first side and placing a human body against the second side of the foam block. The supports are individually adjusted for compressing portions of the foam block for obtaining the desired support characteristics of the human body and cutting means cut the foam block along a plane between the supports and the body.