Foam cushion forming apparatus and methods
OwnerShay Pausa, Sherry Schumm +1inventors
InventorsShay Pausa, Sherry Schumm, Robert Anders
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a containment member having a containment member interior cavity to contain foam precursor compartments, and a release member to release foam precursor components contained within the foam precursor compartments in response to a specific relative movement produced between the release member and the containment member. The apparatus may form a portion of a foam cushion forming apparatus.
Claims33
An apparatus comprising:
- a containment member having a containment member interior cavity to contain foam precursor compartments;
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- a release member to release foam precursor components contained within the foam precursor compartments in response to a specific relative movement produced between the release member and the containment member.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first chamber portion;
- and
- a second chamber portion, engaged with the first chamber portion, wherein the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion are to form a chamber when the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion have a compressed relative orientation, and wherein foam precursor components are mixable within the chamber, and wherein openings in the chamber are to result when an expansive foam is produced from a mixture of the foam precursor components, and wherein the openings are to enable release of the expansive foam from the chamber.
A foam cushion forming apparatus comprising:
- a flexible carrier;
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- a mechanism that includes two or more members, wherein the mechanism forms a chamber within which foam precursor components are mixable when the two or more members have a first orientation relative to each other, and the mechanism includes one or more openings to allow a foam to disperse into the flexible carrier when the two or more members have a second orientation relative to each other.
A packaging apparatus comprising:
- a packaging container;
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- a foam cushion forming apparatus having a flexible carrier, and a mechanism that includes two or more members, wherein the mechanism forms a chamber within which foam precursor components are mixable when the two or more members have a first orientation relative to each other, and the mechanism includes one or more openings to allow a foam to disperse into the flexible carrier when the two or more members have a second orientation relative to each other.
A body-part immobilizing apparatus comprising:
- a flexible carrier;
- and
- a mechanism that includes two or more members, wherein the mechanism forms a chamber within which foam precursor components are mixable when the two or more members have-a first orientation relative to each other, and the mechanism includes one or more openings to allow a foam to disperse into the flexible carrier when the two or more members have a second orientation relative to each other.
A method of making a foam cushion forming apparatus comprising:
- fabricating two or more members of a mechanism;
- inserting foam precursor components into a containment member of the two or more members;
- engaging the two or more members in a pre-activation orientation with respect to each other;
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- attaching the mechanism to the flexible carrier.
A method of using a foam cushion forming apparatus comprising:
- applying a physical force to a mechanism of the foam cushion forming apparatus, to cause a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion of the mechanism to obtain a first post-activation orientation, with respect to each other, and to form a chamber within the mechanism;
- agitating foam precursor components within the chamber to form a mixture within the chamber;
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- releasing the mechanism to allow openings in the chamber to occur as an expansive foam is produced from the mixture of the foam precursor components, wherein the openings are to enable release of the expansive foam from the chamber and into a flexible carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.