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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1998
Charles G Sleichter, III, Bellflower, CA (US);
Gayle B Gerth, Dana Point, CA (US);
JB Research, Inc., Bellflower, CA (US);
Abstract
A vibrating massage furniture cushion and a method for making such cushion is provided. The cushion is created by enclosing an electric motor-driven vibrator in a flexible material, such as a shrink-wrap plastic material, suspending the vibrator within a cushion-making form and creating the foam cushion by reacting one or more foam precursor chemicals within the form. As the foam is created, it automatically envelopes the vibrator, thereby rigidly retaining the vibrator in place within the cushion. Because the vibrator has been surrounded with the thin flexible material, the foam cannot enter the motor area during the foam creation step. Therefore, the foam creation step does not damage the motor or otherwise make it inoperable. The invention provides a simple and efficient way of making cushion-containing vibration massage articles without having to go through the step of sculpting out a recess for the vibrator within a finished cushion article.