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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tony M Pearce, Alpine, UT (US);
Assignee:
EdiZone, LC, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ; A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5654 ; 5909 ; 5948 ; 428137 ; 428138 ;
Abstract
A cushioning element that has a number of substantially parallel elongate columns which buckle under an appropriate load. The cushioning element may be formed from a soft, easily deformable elastic or visco-elastic cushioning media. As a force is exerted against the cushioning element generally parallel to a column, the cushioning media may compress, and eventually the walls of the column may buckle. This equalizes pressure across the contact area of the object being cushioned.