US4924541A
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Bed pad, an automobile seat pad, a pillow or a similar cushionlike item
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-03-10
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Granted: 1990-05-15
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Expires: 2007-03-10
Abstract
Abstract A bed pad, an automobile seat pad, a pillow or a similar cushionlike item having therapeutic effects similar to those of finger pressure therapy, a good airing function and an improved adaptability to the head or waist of the user is provided. A cushionlike item according to the present invention has a series of continuously arranged bag portions containing a large number of stuffing elements of synthetic resin.
Inventors
- 👤 Jitsuo Inagaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 06:52
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C31/00; A47C31/10; A47C31/11; A47C27/00; A47C27/12; A47C27/22; A47C31/116; A47C7/00; A47C7/02; A47C7/021; A47C7/62; A47C7/72; A47C7/74; A47C7/742; B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/58; B60N2/60; B60N2/6018; B60N2/6027; B68; B68G; B68G1/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S297/00; Y10S297/03; Y10S5/00; Y10S5/935; Y10S5/944; Y10S5/948
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
An item for use as a cushion such as a bed pad, an automobile seat pad, a pillow, a cushion and the like having a front surface and a back surface, both surfaces being made of a meshed cloth material, the item comprising a plurality of parallel and generally contiguous continuously arranged, generally elongated bag-like bodies each containing a large number of stuffing elements of hard synthetic resin, the front surface of the item being a series of ridges forming undulated convex portions and the back surface of the item being essentially flat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
An item for use as a cushion such as a bed pad, an automobile seat pad, a pillow, a cushion and the like having a front surface and a back surface, both surfaces being made of a meshed cloth material, the item comprising a plurality of parallel and generally contiguous continuously arranged, generally elongated bag-like bodies each containing a large number of stuffing elements of hard synthetic resin, the front surface of the item being a series of ridges forming undulated convex portions and the back surface of the item being essentially flat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An item for use as a cushion according to claim 1 wherein said bag-like portions are formed from meshed cloth material stitched to another meshed cloth material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
An item for use as a cushion according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of pieces of sticky tape are secured in a fixed space relation to the back surface and at least one chip is removably secured to one of the pieces of tape by a piece of tape secured to the chip, the chip including a protrusion with one end with the tape secured thereto and an opposed end having a magnet thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
An item for use as a cushion according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the bag-like bodies is larger than the other bag-like bodies.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
An item for use as a cushion according to claim 1 wherein an elongated air bag is mounted between two adjacent bag-like bodies, said air being capable of receiving air from a pump and capable of exhausting air such that the air bag can be repeatedly expanded or contracted.
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2001-05-14 | 2001-11-13 | 2002-05-15 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |