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US 12,479,143 B2Granted
System and method of making a mesh cushion
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsSam Blair, Joshua Hallock, David Abdella, Pat Carlsen, Michelle A. Pereny
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Abstract
A method of making a mesh cushion. The method includes extruding a material through a plurality of filament forming openings in at least one die plate to form a plurality of filaments. The filaments may be at least partially submerged into a fluid to cool and harden the filaments into the mesh cushion.
Claims19
A method of making a mesh cushion, comprising:
- extruding a material through a plurality of filament forming openings in a die plate to form a plurality of filaments;
- directing the plurality of filaments into a funnel to consolidate and engage the plurality of filaments;
- depositing the plurality of filaments into a mold that is at least partially submerged into a fluid to cool and harden the plurality of filaments into the mesh cushion.
A system, comprising:
- an extruder comprising:
- a die plate comprising a plurality of filament forming openings adapted to extrude a material to form a plurality of filaments;
- and
- a funnel adapted to consolidate and engage the plurality of filaments;
- and
- a mold that is at least partially submerged into a fluid, adapted to receive the plurality of filaments through the funnel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.