Seating aid
OwnerRebecca S. FAUGNOinventor
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Abstract
A seating aid includes: sensory input means for providing sensory input to a person while sitting on a seat, the sensory input means for resisting outward movement of thighs of the person while sitting on the seat; and attaching means for releasably attaching the sensory input means to the seat such that the sensory input means will be disposed above the seat; where the seating aid is configured to allow, with the seating aid disposed on the seat, the person either to sit directly on the seat or to sit on a flexible material of the seating aid that is overlying and in contact with the seat.
Claims16
A seating aid comprising:
- sensory input means for providing sensory input to a person while sitting on a seat, the sensory input means for resisting outward movement of thighs of the person while sitting on the seat;
- and
- attaching means for releasably attaching the sensory input means to the seat such that the sensory input means will be disposed above the seat;
- wherein the seating aid is configured to allow, with the seating aid disposed on the seat, the person either to sit directly on the seat or to sit on a flexible material of the seating aid that is overlying and in contact with the seat.
A device for use with a seat, the device comprising:
- a first side guard;
- a second side guard;
- a separator coupled to the first side guard and the second side guard;
- an attachment mechanism connected to the separator, or connected to the first side guard and the second side guard, or connected to the separator, the first side guard, and the second side guard, the attachment mechanism being configured to releasably attach the device to the seat such that, when the device is attached to the seat, the first side guard provides a first lateral impediment along a first front-to-back distance of the seat and the second side guard provides a second lateral impediment along a second front-to-back distance of the seat;
- wherein the separator, or the attachment mechanism, or a combination thereof, is configured to inhibit separation of the first side guard from the second side guard with the device attached to the seat by the attachment mechanism;
- wherein each of the first side guard and the second side guard, with the device attached to the seat, will be disposed above a surface of the seat to interfere with a lateral movement of a respective leg of a user sitting on the seat;
- and
- wherein the device is configured such that, with the device attached to the seat, the device:
- provides an aperture between the first side guard and the second side guard through which a person can sit directly on the seat;
- or
- comprises a flexible sheet between the first side guard and the second side guard.
A seat cover comprising:
- a fabric sheet;
- a first lateral impediment attached to and disposed along a first length of the fabric sheet, the first lateral impediment extending away from the fabric sheet;
- a second lateral impediment attached to and disposed along a second length of the fabric sheet, the first length being laterally displaced from the second length;
- and
- a fastener attached to the fabric sheet, or attached to the first lateral impediment and the second lateral impediment, or attached to the fabric sheet and the first lateral impediment and the second lateral impediment, and configured to removably fasten the seat cover to a seat;
- wherein the first lateral impediment and the second lateral impediment extend away from the fabric sheet and away from a top surface of the seat when the seat cover is fastened to the seat to receive a person on the fabric sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.