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US 6,883,866 · App. 10/621,960 · Granted Apr 26, 2005

Flexible seat

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,883,866
App. No.
10/621,960
Filed
Jul 17, 2003
Granted
Apr 26, 2005
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3636
USPC
297/195.12
Abstract

A snowmobile seat, including a base; selective fasteners mounted to the base, the selective fasteners including inner posts and offset outer posts on a first side of the base and on a second side of the base, the inner posts and outer posts defining a groove; a flexible support having a first side and a second side, the first side being interposed between the inner and outer posts on the first side of the base, the second side being interposed between the inner and outer posts on the second side of the base, the flexible supported being bowed, the flexible support being adapted to support the weight of a rider, and the flexible support defining apertures; a foam overlay disposed over the flexible support; and a fabric overlay disposed over the foam overlay.

Claims (27)

1. A seat, comprising:

a base;

selective fasteners mounted to the base, the selective fasteners including inner posts and offset outer posts on a first side of the base and on a second side of the base, the inner posts and outer posts defining a groove;

a flexible support having a first side and a second side, the first side being interposed between the inner and outer posts on the first side of the base, the second side being interposed between the inner and outer posts on the second side of the base, the flexible supported being bowed, the flexible support being adapted to support the weight of a rider, and the flexible support defining apertures;

a foam overlay disposed over the flexible support; and

a fabric overlay disposed over the foam overlay.

2. A seat, comprising:

a base;

at least one flexible support joined to the base, the flexible support being bowed to form a spring, the flexible support having a first side edge joined to a first side of the base and having a second side edge joined to a second side of the base, and the flexible support being adapted to support the weight of a rider; and

a fabric overlay disposed over the flexible support.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the flexible support defines relief apertures.

4. The device of claim 2 further comprising:

a foam overlay joined to the flexible support, and

means for squeezing moisture from the foam overlay.

5. The device of claim 2 further comprising a foam joined to the flexible support.

6. The device of claim 2 further comprising a foam overlay joined to the flexible support, wherein moisture in the foam overlay is rung out between a user and the flexible support.

7. The device of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of foam overlays.

8. The device of claim 2 further comprising:

curved supports joined to the flexible support.

9. The device of claim 2 further comprising:

selective fasteners mounted to the base.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the selective fasteners include inner posts and offset outer posts on a first side of the base and on a second side of the base.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the inner posts and outer posts define a groove on the first side and on the second side of the base.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein the flexible support is positioned within the groove on the first side and the flexible support is positioned within the groove on the second side.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein the flexible supports in combination provide increased resistence over that of a single flexible support.

14. The device of claim 12 wherein the flexible supports are of varying flexibility.

15. The device of claim 14 further comprising a foam overlay joined to the flexible support, wherein the release apertures provide a passageway for moisture within the foam overlay to escape into an air pocket.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6039735800 · Jul 19, 2002
Related Publication 20040012233A1 · Jan 22, 2004