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US5004294A
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Built-up type air-conditioning cushion assembly
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-06-28
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Granted: 1991-04-02
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Expires: 2009-06-28
Abstract
Abstract An built-up type air-conditioning cushion assembly includes of a plurality of seat cushions, a vent pipe, an induced draft device and a ventilation connecting holder. The seat cushion may be comprised of two symmetrical pads of raising blocks firmly sealed together or made of a plurality of raising blocks. The raising blocks which are respectively connected with one another by means of ventilation channels each is having a cross slot and a center hole respectively made on the top surface, and comprising therein a flanged member and a spring with the flanged member supported by the spring to stop against the center hole. The seat cushions are further connected to the exhaust hole of an air conditioning by means of a vent pipe and an induced draft device, such that air flow from the air conditioning may be stored in the seat cushions to further blow toward the person who rides thereon. Further, a pressure regulating valve is mounted on the connected seat cushions to prevent from explosion due to excessively inflated air.
Inventors
- 👤 Peir-Kuen Lin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 15:22
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/56; B60N2/5607; B60N2/5621; B60N2/5657; A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/62; A47C7/72; A47C7/74; B60N2/5628
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly comprising: an assembly of a plurality of block-shaped elements each having a top defining a center hole therethrough, a bottom, and a side extending between said top and said bottom, each of said block-shaped elements defining a chamber therein communicable with the center hole defined by the top, and said plurality of block-shaped elements being interconnected in a side-by-side manner in said assembly such that at least some of said bock-shaped elements have the sides thereof located at a lateral side of the assembly; ventilation means extending between the sides of each of said block-shaped elements and defining tunnels placing the chambers of said plurality of block-shaped elements in open communication with one another; connecting means extending from the side of at least one of said some of said block-shaped elements and open to each said chamber defined therein for freely allowing said assembly to be connected to another said assembly in a manner in which the chambers defined in said plurality of block-shaped elements are placed in communication with chambers defined in block-shaped elements of said another assembly; and a vent pipe connected to said assembly, and open to the chambers defined in said block-shaped elements thereof, for allowing air to pass therethrough into each said chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
212 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly comprising: an assembly of a plurality of block-shaped elements each having a top defining a center hole therethrough, a bottom, and a side extending between said top and said bottom, each of said block-shaped elements defining a chamber therein communicable with the center hole defined by the top, and said plurality of block-shaped elements being interconnected in a side-by-side manner in said assembly such that at least some of said bock-shaped elements have the sides thereof located at a lateral side of the assembly; ventilation means extending between the sides of each of said block-shaped elements and defining tunnels placing the chambers of said plurality of block-shaped elements in open communication with one another; connecting means extending from the side of at least one of said some of said block-shaped elements and open to each said chamber defined therein for freely allowing said assembly to be connected to another said assembly in a manner in which the chambers defined in said plurality of block-shaped elements are placed in communication with chambers defined in block-shaped elements of said another assembly; and a vent pipe connected to said assembly, and open to the chambers defined in said block-shaped elements thereof, for allowing air to pass therethrough into each said chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
93 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said assembly comprises an upper pad forming an upper portion of said plurality of said block-shaped elements and of the tunnels defined by said ventilation means, and a lower pad forming a lower portion of said block-shaped elements and of the tunnels defined by said ventilation means, said upper and said lower pads being air-tightly connected together so as to define a horizontal seam therebetween, said connecting means include a plurality of tubular ventilation connectors interposed between said pads at the horizontal seam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of caps detachably mounted over selected ones of said ventilation connectors, and a pressure regulating valve mounted on a selected other one of said ventilation connectors for relieving excessive air pressure in said assembly, and wherein said connecting means further includes plastic hoses secured to selected still others of said ventilation connectors for connection with ventilation connectors of another said assembly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of block-shaped elements comprise an upper casing and a bottom block snap-fit to said upper casing and defining a plurality of holes through the side thereof, said ventilation means include a plurality of ventilation connectors detachably fitted to adjacent ones of said block-shaped elements in the holes defined in the side thereof, and said connecting means include a plurality of tubular ventilation connectors detachably fitted to selected ones of said some of said block-shaped elements in respective ones of the holes defined in the side thereof that are exposed at the lateral side of said assembly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 4, further comprising stoppers detachably fitted to selected others of said some of block-shaped elements in the respective ones of the holes defined in the side thereof that are exposed at the lateral side of said assembly, and a pressure regulating valve mounted on a selected other one of said some of said block-shaped elements in a respective one of the holes defined in the side thereof that is exposed at the lateral side of said assembly for relieving excessive air pressure in said assembly.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
214 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly comprising: an assembly of a plurality of block-shaped elements each having a top defining a center hole therethrough, a bottom, and a side extending between said top and said bottom, each of said block-shaped elements defining a chamber therein; a respective flanged member disposed in each said chamber defined by said block-shaped elements, each said flanged member including a flange and a head extending from said flange; a respective spring disposed in each said chamber, extending between the block-shaped element defining the chamber and the flange of said flanged member disposed therein, and urging said flanged member into a seated position in which the flange of said flanged member rests on the underside of said top with the head of said flanged member projecting through and blocking the center hole extending through the top, said flanged member being movable, by one resting thereon, from said seated position against the force of said spring to an open position at which the head of said flanged member unblocks said center hole and said center hole is placed in open communication with said chamber; and a vent pipe connected to said assembly, and open to the chambers defined in said block-shaped elements thereof, for allowing air to pass therethrough into each said chamber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
214 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly comprising: an assembly of a plurality of block-shaped elements each having a top defining a center hole therethrough, a bottom, and a side extending between said top and said bottom, each of said block-shaped elements defining a chamber therein; a respective flanged member disposed in each said chamber defined by said block-shaped elements, each said flanged member including a flange and a head extending from said flange; a respective spring disposed in each said chamber, extending between the block-shaped element defining the chamber and the flange of said flanged member disposed therein, and urging said flanged member into a seated position in which the flange of said flanged member rests on the underside of said top with the head of said flanged member projecting through and blocking the center hole extending through the top, said flanged member being movable, by one resting thereon, from said seated position against the force of said spring to an open position at which the head of said flanged member unblocks said center hole and said center hole is placed in open communication with said chamber; and a vent pipe connected to said assembly, and open to the chambers defined in said block-shaped elements thereof, for allowing air to pass therethrough into each said chamber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the center hole extending through the top of each of said block-shaped elements has a circular cross section, and the head of each said flanged member is frusto-conical.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the top of each of said block-shaped elements defines a cross-shaped slot therein, and the head of each said flanged member also defines a cross-shaped slot therein.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
82 words
An air-conditioning cushion assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the top of each of block-shaped elements defines a retaining ring facing the chamber defined therein, and the flange of each said flanged member has a plurality of projections extending therefrom and engaging said retaining ring when the flanged member is in said seated position, said flanged member being rotatable to a position at which said projections thereof are disengaged from said retaining ring and the head thereof unblocks said center hole.
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