Abstract: A hollow backrest pad for a seat of motor vehicle comprises compartments, alternate channels each being in communication with adjacent compartments, an inlet port at one side of backrest pad in communication with one channel, a motor adjacent inlet port for pumping air into channel, a hollow cylindrical member below motor, a speaker within cylindrical member, a signal cord extended from cylindrical member to an external low-frequency which is in turn electrically coupled to a stereo system, an outlet port at other side of backrest pad in communication with another channel, and a relief valve in outlet port for reducing pressure of backrest pad. When stereo system is activated, signals are transmitted to speaker through low-frequency and signal cord for generating music. Simultaneously, cold air is introduced into backrest pad from an air conditioning of motor vehicle via inlet port by activated motor so as to generate a resonant effect by combining music with cold air.

Abstract: A portable leg and foot rest has an inflatable main body portion of flexible sheet material which, when inflated, forms (a) a major rest surface, (b) a bottom surface, (c) a pair of side walls that extend between the rest surface and the bottom surface, and (d) a rear wall that extends between the rest surface and the bottom surface. A first portion of the rest surface slopes downward from the rear wall to define a first surface for supporting a person's calves and heels, and a second portion of the rest surface contiguous to the first portion, rises upward from the first portion to define a second surface for supporting soles of the person's feet.

Abstract: A portable aircraft cushion that may be selectively used by passengers seated in standard aircraft seats to provide greater back, head and neck support so that the passengers may sleep easier. In the preferred embodiment, the cushion comprises a lower body support section made of a plurality of transversely aligned, interconnected air chambers which are filled with air using a supplied pump or the aircraft's air ventilation system. When inflated, the top air chambers in the body support section are positioned approximately level with the top edge of the seat when fully reclined. Located above the body support section is an inflatable head and neck section that extends above the top edge of the seat when inflated to support the user's head and neck. In the preferred embodiment, the head and neck section comprises two lateral support chambers separated by non-inflating webbing material.

Abstract: A chair or stool having a substantially spherical seat component. The spherical seat component is supported upon identical base support units that are designed to stack or nest within each other. Addition or subtraction of the base support units raises and lowers the chair or stool, so that the chair or stool can comfortably fit most people of different size or height. A novel mounting mechanism firmly attaches the spherical seat to the base support unit or units.

Abstract: A neck support device for a vehicle car seat for supporting a user's neck while the user is sleeping in a vehicle. The neck support device for a vehicle car seat includes a pillow-like member having a front, back, top, and bottom and further having a definite thickness and being adapted to rest between a top of a vehicle car seat and a vehicle head rest; and also includes a cushioning mechanism for cushioning the pillow-like member.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, the present invention is a chair apparatus having the shape of a religious symbol, such as a Buddha. The chair functions as both an apparatus to be sat upon and a symbol that a user may incorporate in his or her manner of worship. Preferably, the chair apparatus is inflatable via an air tube that communicates with the different parts of the chair, such as a headrest, backrest, base and armrests.

Abstract: An ottoman with a thermally insulated chamber includes an airtight inner wall and an airtight outer wall, the inner wall being coaxial with and shorter that the outer wall; an airtight top wall secured to the periphery of the top of the outer wall, and an airtight bottom wall secured to the peripheries of the bottoms of the inner and outer wall; and an airtight mid-level wall intermediate the tip and bottom walls and secured to the periphery of the top of the inner wall. The inner wall and the mid-level wall define the interior of an axially-extending thermally insulated chamber closed at the chamber top and open at the chamber bottom. Preferably the inner, outer, top, bottom and mid-level walls cooperatively define an airtight thermally insulating chamber filled with a thermally-insulating body of stagnant gas.

Abstract: A personal hygiene seat assembly for providing a comfortable and stable reclined seat assembly for performing personal hygiene needs such as shampooing and shaving of the elderly of handicapped at home using a conventional sink. The personal hygiene seat assembly includes a base member designed for removably coupling to a seat portion of a chair, a back member hingedly coupled to the base member, and a seat member having a bottom portion coupled to the base member and designed for supporting a person sitting on the personal hygiene seat assembly, the seat member further has a backing portion coupled to the back member and designed for supporting a back of the person using the personal hygiene seat assembly when the person is in a reclined position.

Abstract: An inflatable seat, especially a ball-shaped seat, that includes an air-tight envelope surrounding a cavity filled with a gaseous medium such as air or gas, and a removable cover over the outer surface of the envelope which defines an opening for a portion of the outer surface to contact a flooring surface.

Abstract: A bicycle seat with inflatable interior including a bicycle seat comprised of a seat portion and a stem portion. The stem portion couples the bicycle seat to a frame of a standard bicycle. The seat portion has an outer layer and a padded inner layer. The padded inner layer has a recess formed in a central portion thereof. An inflatable cushion is disposed within the recess formed in the central portion of the padded inner layer of the bicycle seat. The inflatable cushion has a generally hourglass configuration. The inflatable cushion has an air tube extending outwardly therefrom and extending outwardly of the bicycle seat. A free end of the air tube has a hand pump coupled thereto for selectively pumping air into the cushion.

Abstract: A foldable chair includes four legs braced by a stretcher assembly. A flexible sheet member is disposed on and is stretched by top portions of the legs when the stretcher assembly is spreaded. An inflatable back and seat assembly of a single piece construction, is retained removably on the sheet member by means of securing members. When the back and seat assembly is inflated, the expanding force generated as a result of inflation will jerk the top portions of the legs to move apart from one another so as to spread the stretcher assembly.

Abstract: A convertible inflatable furnishing is disclosed. The furnishing can form a chair shape that can be converted into a supportive shape for massage and stretching by deflating and securing the backrest inside the furnishing. The chair is also capable of being rocked, reclined, and packed into itself.

Abstract: A cushioning device for a body support such as a mattress, seat, sofa, or the like where support is obtained from a fluid. The cushioning device is self-inflating, self-adjusting, and provides a low interface pressure under the entire contact surface of a patient. The cushioning device includes a tilting apparatus that provides assistance in rotating the patient from one position to another. Shear force scraping damage is prevented by a sleeve apparatus. A support system apparatus provides separately adjustable pressure support zones. For physical therapy, an alternating pressure system provides alternating lifting and lowering pressure zones under a patient.

Abstract: An inflatable infant sitting support device which can be used from the earliest developmental stage of learning to sit upright by an infant or a younger developmentally delayed child, consisting of four inflatable pieces and one cushioned, non-inflatable piece, which acts as the seat bottom for the device. The primary inflatable piece is “U” or horseshoe shaped and is sealed to the top of the cushioned, non-inflatable piece. There is an elongated, rectangular inflatable piece, acting as a support to keep the device from tapping over to the back, sealed to the bottom of the back of the curved section at the back of the primary inflatable piece. There is a crescent-shaped inflatable piece acting as a head and neck support and sealed to the top of the curved section at the back of the primary piece.

Abstract: A pneumatic seat adjustable for a bedside chair, wheelchair or other type of seats, having a series of air cells controlled and operated through a micro-chip. The cells are inflated to a level of inflation adjusted to the weight of the body. In an order pre-set in the micro-chip, one cell at a time sequentially deflates for a pre-determined length of time, thus allowing unobstructed blood flow to the part of the body above the deflated cell. After the determined period of time, the cell is re-inflated to the previous level of inflation and another cell deflates. The pattern of inflation and deflation may be altered to create diverse programs and numerous applications.

Abstract: A portable recliner assembly includes a recliner seat having a plurality of spaced-apart first connectors, and a support having a second connector that is selectively coupled to one of the plurality of first connectors. The recliner seat can have first and second side walls, and at least one side connector provided along each of the first and second side walls, with each side connector adapted to couple a side connector from another recliner seat.

Abstract: An inflatable chair has an outer chamber that defines the shape and size of the chair, and at least one support section positioned inside the outer chamber. The support section(s) provide the desired support at particular locations of the outer chamber so as to provide the necessary comfort and stability to the chair.

Abstract: A portable recliner assembly includes a recliner seat having a plurality of spaced-apart first connectors, and a support having a second connector that is selectively coupled to one of the plurality of first connectors. The recliner seat can have first and second side walls, and at least one side connector provided along each of the first and second side walls, with each side connector adapted to couple a side connector from another recliner seat.

Abstract: The device relates generally to a seating system and more particularly to seat cushion assemblies having a rearward depression and cushioning insert tailored to fit under the skeletal structure of the user. In particular, the assembly preferably includes an intermediate insert which fits within a base depression and a cushioning insert which can be a fluid bag, air bag, foam or gel. The insert is generally oval shaped and has a rounded bottom. This enables the cushion to be used to fit under the seating bones so as to provide a proper pelvic tilt. Further, the insert can be moved in order to provide controlled movement of the pelvis over time. A first cushioning insert is generally constructed of a material forming baffles so as to define air chambers and having a right and left seat bone area. A second design has a top and bottom so as to define the fluid envelope separated by a central baffle having apertures to allow fluid communication between the right an left portions.

Abstract: A vehicular seat (10) including a seat bottom (12) and a seat back (14). In one embodiment, the seat bottom (12) and seat back (14) are formed from a blow molded frame (16) including side walls (18) extending generally upwardly from a bottom panel (20). A support mat (32) comprising fabric/rubber webbing extends across a central cut-out region (28) in the bottom panel (20) and supports an inflatable cushion (48) comprising a series of air cells (50). An extensible upholstery or trim cover layer (56) covers the inflatable cushion (48) and is joined to the frame (16). In a second embodiment, the seat bottom (12) and seat back (14) are formed from a blow molded shell (62). An intermediate layer (64) of plastics material is provided on the shell (62) beneath an upholstery layer (68). An opening in the shell (62) allows the intermediate layer (64) to be expanded outwardly from the shell (62) as the pressure within the shell (62) is increased.

Abstract: Inflatable objects such as (but not necessarily) chairs are disclosed. The objects may have enhanced stability for use in bodies of calm water such as swimming pools, including either or both of outrigger-style floats or pontoons and roll-up mattresses. Fittings, when present, may allow attachment and detachment of the pontoons and roll-up mattresses and connection of one inflatable object to one or more others.

Abstract: An air massager cushioning device that not only supports a weight of an individual who sits or rests on the air massager cushioning device with minimal surface tension but also creates a massaging effect on the body part of the individual positioned on the cushioning device. The cushioning device has first and second air support structures, where each support structure has alternating offset air glands. One of the two support structures has alternating apertures, wherein the alternating air glands of one of the two support structures are respectively inserted into the alternating offset apertures to form a matrix surface arrangement of the cushioning device. The air cushioning device creates a massaging effect by rapidly inflating the air glands of one of the two support structures while rapidly deflating the air glands of the other one of the two support structures, thereby creating a massaging effect.

Abstract: A pressure reducing cushion with selective pressure point relief features at least two air bladders, and a foam outer layer covering the air bladders. Each air bladder consists of an impervious to air sheet material which surrounds an open celled compressible foam material. Attached to the air bladder is an air flow tube and attached to the air flow tube is a flow control element. When the flow control element is open air from the atmosphere is able to communicate with the interior of the open celled compressible foam material through the air flow tube in combination with the flow control element. The open celled compressible foam material is of such a characteristic that once it is deformed it tends to regain its original shape, thus filling the air bladder with air, if the flow control element is open.

Abstract: An upholstery furniture item comprising a casing of flexible non-air permeable material filled with a spherical beads of expanded polystyrene that flow around the body of a person seated in the item to closely follow the contours of the body as described earlier. In the bottom of the casing is an airtight inflatable air chamber for compensating for volume changes that arise from the crushing or abrading of the beads after repeated uses. Flexible elastic members are provided to help the furniture item retain its shape.

Abstract: A car seat is provided with upholstery with liquid-filled chambers in which the liquid also has elastic bodies. The chambers are connected to one another through passages, so that a liquid exchange can take place among the individual chambers. The damping and resilience properties of the upholstery can be influenced by liquids of different viscosity and/or passages of different shape and size. The upholstery can be used over the full surface of a car seat or selectively in certain areas thereof.

Abstract: An inflatable cushion used as a sitting or lying furniture for people with an inner surface of the seat surface or the back surface of the cushion mounted with a plurality of massage devices. The massage device includes a vibration assembly and conductive wires, which are wrapped in a wrappage member thermo-glued at a given position on the inner surface of the inflatable cushion. The power-supply wires of the wrappage member are connected and glued to a wire-hole base at one side of the inflatable cushion so as to facilitate power-supply connection. The massage device is hung on the inner surface of the inflatable cushion by the wrappage member. During massage operation, the seat surface over the wrappage member will be in close contact with a person's body, and also the inflatable cushion will have a resonant effect to buffer the vibration frequency of the vibration assembly in order to provide a comfortable massage.

Abstract: An inflatable beach chair is disclosed having the appearance of a shoe. The inflatable beach chair comprises a seat portion which corresponds to a tongue of the shoe and a beach blanket which is detachably mounted to the seat portion. The chair has two side storage compartments which correspond to eyelets for laces of the shoe. A base corresponds to a sole of a shoe. A cavity has a cover, the cavity corresponding to a foot opening of a shoe while the cavity is adapted to receive a cooler. The beach chair is fabricated of a resilient sheet material thereby being capable of achieving a load supporting state when inflated and being stored in a small volume when deflated. The beach chair includes at least one fill stem and valve combination adapted to inflate or deflate the beach chair as desired.

Abstract: A child seat 1 installable on a vehicle seat 100 includes a seat body 2 which is composed of an elastic member formed in a hollow and airtight structure and having a gas filling port and which is distended with a gas filled therein to define at least a backrest portion 4 and a seating portion 3; a safety belt 10 secured to the seat body 2 for restraining a seated child; and retaining means 30 for retaining the seat body 2, placed on the vehicle seat 100, in position on the vehicle seat 100. The seat body 2 is light in weight and easy to carry or install on the vehicle seat 100 because it is formed by filling a gas in the elastic member of the hollow and airtight structure.