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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Burt, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Ctex Seat Comfort Limited, Burton-upon-Trent, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ;
Abstract
An expandable chamber support system for vehicle seat and mattress applications includes an expandable chamber constructed from facing sheets of flexible impermeable material that are sealed along their marginal edges. One of the sheets is formed of electrically conductive an elastomeric membrane that is electrically resistance heated while providing a source of pressure support for an occupant supported by the expandable chamber.