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US 10,694,857 B2Granted
Sport chair with game integration
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Andon, Ciro Fusco, Daniel A. Judelson, Hien Tommy Pham, Michael Wallans
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Abstract
A sport chair with ancillary electronic functionality includes a seating surface operative to support a user, and ancillary functionality selected from: thermal management functionality, identity sensing functionality, health sensing functionality, apparel integration, and immersive display functionality.
Claims18
A sport chair comprising:
- a seating surface operative to support a user;
- a plurality of thermal transducers disposed on the seating surface, each transducer operative to at least one of actively transmit thermal energy to the user or actively sink thermal energy from the user;
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- a processor in communication with each of the thermal transducers, the processor configured to:
- detect the presence of a user on the seating surface;
- establish communication with an article of apparel on the body of the user;
- control the apparel to reduce a tension applied throughout the article of apparel;
- control the plurality of thermal transducers to maintain a temperature of the user within a predefined temperature range.
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A sport chair comprising:
- a seating surface operative to support a user;
- a processor configured to:
- detect the presence of a user on the seating surface;
- establish communication with an article of apparel on the body of the user;
- control the apparel to reduce a tension applied throughout the article of apparel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.