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US 11,026,513 B2Granted
Cushion
AssigneeMelloBe LLC
InventorJulia Bates
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Abstract
An apparatus for improving blood flow in a user's leg and improving posture is disclosed herein. The apparatus is a portable seating cushion that a user may sit upon, which improves blood flow by reducing point-pressure that may otherwise be applied to nerves and blood vessels in a user's leg, including the sciatic nerve. Moreover, the portable seating cushion improves posture by creating a forward pelvic tilt, which causes the rest of the user's shoulders, spine, back, and neck to come into alignment when the user sits on the cushion.
Claims14
A portable seating cushion comprising:
- a foam element having a gradually inclined first surface and a substantially planar second surface, the first and second surfaces defining therebetween a volume of gradually changing thickness, wherein a back portion of the foam element is thicker than a front portion of the foam element and the first surface gradually inclines from the front portion to the back portion;
- a dispersion bag enclosing dispersion elements within an interior cavity of the dispersion bag, the dispersion elements providing greater resistance to compressive forces than the foam element;
- an exterior enclosure enclosing the dispersion bag and the foam element within the interior cavity of the exterior enclosure, the exterior enclosure having a sitting surface and a bottom surface, wherein the dispersion bag is placed above the foam element when the sitting surface of the exterior enclosure is above the bottom surface, and wherein the combination of the foam element and the dispersion bag impart a gradually inclined sitting surface;
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- wherein a back portion of the dispersion bag is positioned over the foam element, and a front portion of the dispersion bag is adjacent to the bottom surface of the exterior enclosure so that the dispersion bag partially conforms to the foam element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.