Ventilating hood for seat cushions

Claim 1

A VENTILATOR FOR A VENTILATING BACK CUSHION FOR VEHICLE SEAT BACKS AND COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A PORTION IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED INVERTED CHANNEL OF SHEET MATERIAL, SAID CHANNEL HAVING A TOP WALL AND FRONT AND REAR WALLS DEPENDING FROM THE TOP WALL AND FRONT AND FROM EACH OTHER AND FORMING BETWEEN THEIR LOWER MARGINS PASSAGE MEANS FOR DISCHARGING AIR FROM THE CHANNEL INTO THE UPPER MARGIN OF A VENTILATING BACK CUSHION OF A VEHICLE SEAT ALONG THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE CUSHION, CONNECTING MEANS DEPENDING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS OF THE CHANNEL, RESPECTIVELY, FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE CHANNEL IN THE INVERTED POSITION IN AN OPERATIVE RELATION TO THE VENTILATING BACK CUSHION WHEREIN THE TOP WALL IS SPACED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BACK CUSHION AND THE PASSAGE MEANS OPENS DOWNWARDLY AND EXTENDS ALONG AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE TOP MARGIN OF THE BACK CUSHION FOR DISCHARGING AIR FROM THE PASSAGE MEANS OF THE CHANNEL INTO THE CUSHION THROUGH THE TOP EDGE THEREOF, SAID CHANNEL HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END, AN AIR DEFLECTOR CONNECTED TO, AND SUPPORTED BY, THE BODY AT SAID END OF THE CHANNEL IN A POSITION WHEREIN IT PROJECTS, ENDWISE OF THE CHANNEL, A SHORT DISTANCE RELATIVE TO THE LENGTH OF THE CHANNEL OUTWARDLY FROM SAID END OF THE CHANNEL GENERALLY ENDWISE OF THE CHANNEL, SAID DEFLECTOR HAVING A FORWARD FACE SPACED REARWARDLY FROM THE FRONT WALL OF THE CHANNEL AND HAVING ITS INNER END ALIGNED WITH THE CHANNEL OPENING FOR DEFLECTING AIR STRIKING SAID FORWARD FACE INTO THE CHANNEL OPENING , AND OBSTRUCTING MEANS AT THE OTHER END OF THE CHANNEL OPPOSITE FROM THE OPENING FOR OBSTRUCTING THE ESCAPE OF AIR THROUGH SAID OTHER END ENDWISE OF THE CHANNEL AT LEAST TO AN EXTENT TO CAUSE MOST OF THE AIR DEFLECTED INTO THE CHANNEL TO PASS DIRECTLY THROUGH SAID PASSAGE MEANS FOR ENTRY INTO THE TOP EDGE OF THE CUSHION.