Modular vehicle seat having water-permeable seating surfaces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7984952
APP PUB NO 20060202540A1
SERIAL NO

11225521

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Modular vehicle seats having water-permeable seating surfaces are disclosed. A disclosed vehicle seat includes a seat portion configured to hold a seated person. The seat portion includes a substantially unitary molded frame defining a first opening and a cavity associated with the first opening. The seat portion further includes a first substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane configured to cover at least a portion of the first opening to provide support to the seated person. The substantially unitary molded frame comprises at least a second opening configured to enable water passing through the first substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane and into the cavity to be discharged from the cavity. The disclosed seat further includes a back portion coupled to the seat portion. The back portion includes a peripheral frame member defining a third opening at least a portion of which is covered with a second substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ATTWOOD CORPORATION;BRUNSWICK CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Begin, Jason Ernest Rockford, US 8 142
Getson, Stephen Grand Rapid, US 1 6
Sommerfeld, Daniel Kalamazoo, US 3 20

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