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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D. Rhodes, Jr., Somersworth, NH (US);
Assignee:
McCord Winn Textron Inc., Manchester, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 4/54 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 4/54 ;
Abstract
A system of inflatable air cells (,) is constructed and installed in a seat (,) at locations that are strategic to the comfort of the user. The air cells are selectively pressurized to a desired comfort level and in addition, in response to a vehicle impact, are controlled by valves (,) to have a occupant impact protection pressure therein for protecting the occupant against impact with the vehicle seat.