Seat support
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsMichelle A. Pereny, Joseph A. Himmel, IV, Wu Pan Zagorski, Bradley C. Duncan, Caleb A. Abbey, Paul S. Severinski
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Abstract
A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other, and each of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.
Claims20
A seat support, comprising a plurality of layers of a non-foam material mounted to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame, wherein the plurality of layers is stacked upon each other, and each of the plurality of layers has a generally uniform thickness, and wherein a sealed ventilation port is formed through at least one of the plurality of layers and a region between a sequential pair of the plurality of layers is sealed so that ventilation is directed through one of the sequential pair of the plurality of layers.
A method for manufacturing a seat assembly, comprising:
- cutting a seat support portion from a sheet of non-foam monofilament material;
- installing the seat support portion upon a substrate of a non-foam material;
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- installing a trim cover over the seat support portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.