Climate controlled bench
AssigneeBourne Creations, Inc.
InventorsFranklin B. Floyd, JR., Brian Cothren
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Abstract
An air-conditioned bench includes: a seat bottom portion including a first plurality of perforations fluidly connecting an interior of the bench to an exterior of the bench; a back support wall comprising a second plurality of perforations fluidly connecting the interior of the bench to the exterior of the bench; and a fan directing air from the interior of the bench to each of the first plurality of perforations and the second plurality of perforations.
Claims28
A climate-controlled bench comprising:
- a substantially hollow shell forming an outer structure of the bench, the substantially hollow shell comprising at least one air inlet disposed therethrough;
- an HVAC unit fluidly coupled to an interior of the bench, the HVAC unit providing heated, cooled, and/or ambient air to the interior of the bench;
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- a diffusor manifold comprising a diffusor through which air flows from the interior of the bench to an exterior of the bench, the diffusor manifold fluidly coupled to the interior of the bench,
- wherein the substantially hollow shell forms a fluid duct to the diffusor manifold.
An air-conditioned bench comprising:
- a seat bottom portion comprising a first plurality of perforations fluidly connecting an interior of the bench to an exterior of the bench;
- a back support wall comprising a second plurality of perforations fluidly connecting the interior of the bench to the exterior of the bench;
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- a fan disposed in the interior of the bench directing air from the interior of the bench to each of the first plurality of perforations and the second plurality of perforations.
An air-conditioned bench assembly comprising:
- a bench, and an air-conditioning unit fluidly coupled to an interior of the bench, the bench comprising:
- a seat bottom portion;
- a back support wall;
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- a fan disposed in the interior of the bench directing air from the interior of the bench to a plurality of perforations disposed in at least one of the seat bottom portion and the back support wall.
A bench system comprising:
- multiple benches, each bench of the multiple benches comprising:
- a substantially hollow shell comprising a side wall on either end with at least one handle disposed therethrough,
- wherein each bench is fluidly coupled to an adjacent bench via the at least one handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.