Seat cushion

Abstract

A seat cushion includes a flexible body and a plurality of spacing members. The flexible body has a seating surface and a support surface spaced apart from the seating surface. The seating surface has a first area and the support surface has a second area. The plurality of spacing members are spaced apart and distributed across the second area, with each of the plurality of spacing members extending outwardly in a first direction from the support surface.

1 . A seat cushion, comprising:
 a flexible body having a seating surface and a support surface spaced apart from said seating surface, said seating surface having a first area and said support surface having a second area; and   a plurality of spacing members spaced apart and distributed across said second area, with each of said plurality of spacing members extending outwardly in a first direction from said support surface.   
   
   
       2 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of spacing members is distributed on said support surface in a two-dimensional pattern. 
   
   
       3 . The seat cushion of  claim 2 , wherein said two-dimensional pattern is defined by a matrix of grid points with one spacing member of said plurality of spacing members being located at each grid point of said matrix of grid points. 
   
   
       4 . The seat cushion of  claim 2 , wherein said two-dimensional pattern is a rectangular grid having at least three rows of spacing members and at least three columns of spacing members. 
   
   
       5 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of spacing members respectively extend perpendicularly outward from said support surface in said first direction. 
   
   
       6 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of spacing members respectively extend outward from said support surface in said first direction an equal distance in a range of about 1.5 to about 3.0 centimeters. 
   
   
       7 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said flexible body and said plurality of spacing members are formed as a one-piece unitary structure. 
   
   
       8 . The seat cushion of  claim 7 , wherein said one-piece unitary structure is formed from a non-porous rubber-like compound. 
   
   
       9 . The seat cushion of  claim 8 , wherein each of said plurality of spacing members formed from said non-porous rubber-like compound and distributed across said second area are sized in length in said first direction and sized in cross-sectional area orthogonal to said length to be substantially non-flexible in a direction perpendicular to said first direction. 
   
   
       10 . The seat cushion of  claim 9 , wherein said cross-sectional area of each of said plurality of spacing members is in a range of about four square centimeters to about nine square centimeters. 
   
   
       11 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising a fabric cover positioned over said seating surface. 
   
   
       12 . The seat cushion of  claim 11 , further comprising at least one of a logo, a symbol, or a design formed on or in the fabric of said fabric cover. 
   
   
       13 . The seat cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ventilation holes extending through said flexible body from said seating surface to said support surface, said plurality of ventilation holes being disturbed among said plurality of spacing members. 
   
   
       14 . The seat cushion of  claim 13 , wherein said plurality of spacing members are spaced to facilitate ventilation around and between said plurality of spacing members to said plurality of ventilation holes. 
   
   
       15 . The seat cushion of  claim 13 , wherein said plurality of spacing members are distributed on said support surface in a first two-dimensional pattern, and said plurality of ventilation holes are distributed in said flexible body in a second two-dimensional pattern interspersed with said plurality of spacing members. 
   
   
       16 . The seat cushion of  claim 15 , wherein said first two-dimensional pattern is defined by a first matrix of grid points with one spacing member of said plurality of spacing members being located at each grid point of said first matrix of grid points, and wherein said second two-dimensional pattern is defined by a second matrix of grid points with one ventilation hole of plurality of ventilation holes being located at each grid point of said second matrix of grid points. 
   
   
       17 . The seat cushion of  claim 13 , wherein a cross-sectional area of each of said plurality of ventilation holes is in a range of about three square centimeters to about nine square centimeters. 
   
   
       18 . The seat cushion of  claim 13 , further comprising a porous fabric cover positioned over said seating surface. 
   
   
       19 . The seat cushion of  claim 18 , further comprising at least one of a logo, a symbol, or a design formed on or in the fabric of said fabric cover. 
   
   
       20 . The seat cushion of  claim 13 , wherein said flexible body having said plurality of ventilation holes and said plurality of spacing members are formed as a one-piece unitary structure, said one-piece unitary structure being formed from a non-porous rubber-like compound.