US 2010/0058540 A1 · Modular hook and loop attachment cushions

Abstract

A system of modular, detachable cushions having surfaces containing hook and/or loop fasteners that fasten to mating loop, open weave or hook surfaces to define adjustable, conformal contoured support surfaces at user contact surfaces and appliances producing fatigue and/or abrasion (e.g. automotive seats, chairs, compartment walls, desks, footwear, helmets, tools etc.). The cushions can include air, elastomer, fabric, fiber, foam, liquid, gel, and/or rubber cushioning materials or combinations thereof arranged in envelopes, pads, cavities or tiered assemblies. The cushions include surfaces fitted with one or more layers of cushioning materials or envelopes of cushioning material and one or more regions of fastener materials that mate with interconnecting fasteners at the contact surface or appliance. The cushions can be selectively arrayed about the contact surface or appliance and may be selectively combined and/or layered and/or overlapped onto each other at user specific locations to tailor the cushioning contour.

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Dependent claims

A cushioning assembly comprising:

a) an appliance having contact surfaces that physically contact anatomical body surfaces of a user, which contact over time is susceptible of inducing user fatigue or abrasion, and wherein said contact surfaces are covered with an open weave or looped fabric material;
b) a cushion wherein a cushion member includes a layer of a hook-type fastener material containing a plurality of hooked cilia fibers, and wherein said hook fastener material is detachably fastened to said open weave or looped fabric material at said contact surfaces to define a conformal interface exhibiting tailored contact forces between the user and the appliance.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular hook and loop attachment cushions

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Modular hook and loop attachment cushions

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Abstract

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