Seat cover

Abstract

An occupant support includes a seat and a seat cover. The seat is adapted to support an occupant resting thereon. The seat cover is couple to the seat and arranged to lie between the occupant and the seat.

1 . A health-monitoring cover adapted for use with an occupant support, the health-monitoring cover comprising
 a comfort unit configured to couple removably to an occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle, the comfort unit including an inner layer and an outer layer arranged around the inner layer,   a sensor system integrated with the comfort unit, the sensor system configured to obtain occupant-body signals associated with physiological characteristics of an occupant of the occupant support,   a plurality of therapy systems integrated into the comfort unit and configured to relieve the occupant, the plurality of therapy systems including pneumatic lumbar bladders, pneumatic bolster bladders, a heat mat, a ventilation system, and a massage system, and   a control system configured to receive the occupant-body signals from the sensor system, determine occupant health data indicative of physiological characteristics of the occupant based on the occupant-body signals, and activate a first therapy system included in the plurality of therapy systems to change at least one physiological characteristic of the occupant based on the occupant health data.   
     
     
         2 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 1 , wherein the massage system includes a plurality of pneumatic bladders, the sensor system and control system are configured to determine a pressure map indicative of high and low pressure areas applied to the health-monitoring cover by the occupant, and the control system is configured to adjust a pressure of the plurality of bladders based on the pressure map. 
     
     
         3 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 2 , wherein the comfort unit includes an upper end and a lower end, the plurality of pneumatic bladders includes a first pneumatic bladder located adjacent the lower end and a second pneumatic bladder spaced apart from the first pneumatic bladder toward the upper end, and the first pneumatic bladder is larger than the second pneumatic bladder when both the first pneumatic bladder and the second pneumatic bladder are fully inflated. 
     
     
         4 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 1 , wherein the comfort unit includes a first lateral side and a second lateral side spaced apart from the first lateral side, the pneumatic bolster bladders include a first pneumatic bolster bladder located adjacent the first lateral side and a second pneumatic bolster bladder spaced apart from the first pneumatic bolster bladder and located on the second lateral side of the comfort unit. 
     
     
         5 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 1 , wherein the control system is further configured to receive supplemental occupant-body signals after activating the first therapy system and determine supplemental occupant health data based on the supplemental occupant-body signals, and compare the occupant health data and the supplemental occupant health data to determine an effectiveness of the first therapy system. 
     
     
         6 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 5 , wherein the control system is configured to activate a second therapy system included in the plurality of therapy systems based on the supplemental occupant health data and input from the occupant. 
     
     
         7 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 1 , wherein the comfort unit further includes a 3D mesh in fluid communication with the ventilation system, the sensor system includes a plurality of sensors, the 3D mesh is located between the outer layer and the plurality of sensors, and the pneumatic lumbar bladders are located between the 3D mesh and the sensory system. 
     
     
         8 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 7 , wherein the heat mat is located between the outer layer and the 3D mesh. 
     
     
         9 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 8 , wherein the massage system includes at least one pneumatic bladder located between the heat mat and the outer layer. 
     
     
         10 . A health-monitoring cover comprising
 a comfort unit configured to couple removably to an occupant support,   a sensor system coupled to the comfort unit, the sensor system configured to obtain occupant-body signals associated with physiological characteristics of an occupant of the occupant support, and   a control system configured to receive the occupant-body signals and determine occupant health data indicative of physiological characteristics of the occupant based on the occupant-body signals.   
     
     
         11 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of therapy systems that include a pneumatic lateral side bolster bladder, a plurality of massage bladders, and a pneumatic lumber bladder. 
     
     
         12 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 11 , wherein the sensor system includes a plurality of sensors and the pneumatic lumber bladder is located between the plurality of sensors and the plurality of massage bladders. 
     
     
         13 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 11 , wherein the control system is further configured to identify the occupant based on at least one of input from the occupant and the occupant health data and to associate the occupant health data with a unique occupant data profile for the identified occupant. 
     
     
         14 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of therapy systems and the plurality of therapy systems include pneumatic lumbar bladders, pneumatic bolster bladders, a heat mat, a ventilation system, and a massage system. 
     
     
         15 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 14 , wherein the sensor system includes a plurality of sensors and the pneumatic lumbar bladders are located between the heat mat and the plurality of sensors. 
     
     
         16 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 14 , wherein the massage system includes a plurality of massage bladders and the heat mat is located between the plurality of massage bladders and the pneumatic lumber bladders. 
     
     
         17 . The health-monitoring cover of  claim 14 , wherein the comfort unit includes a 3D mesh located between the heat mat and the pneumatic lumber bladders. 
     
     
         18 . A method comprising
 providing a health-monitoring cover configured to couple removably to an occupant support, the health-monitoring cover including a comfort unit configured to support an occupant of the occupant support, a sensor system, a control system, and a plurality of pneumatic bladders located in the comfort unit,   measuring occupant-body signals associated with physiological characteristics of the occupant with the sensor system,   determining occupant health data indicative of physiological characteristics of the occupant based on the occupant-body signals with the control system,   generating instructions to display the occupant health data on a screen with the control system,   measuring a pressure of the plurality of pneumatic bladders with the sensor system, and   generating instructions to adjust the pressure in the plurality of pneumatic bladders with the control system based on the measured pressure of the plurality of pneumatic bladders.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the health-monitoring cover further includes a pneumatic lumbar bladder located in the comfort unit and the method further includes adjusting a pressure in the pneumatic lumbar bladder with the control system based on the occupant health data. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the health-monitoring cover further includes a pneumatic bolster bladder located in the comfort unit and the method further includes adjusting a pressure in the pneumatic bolster bladder with the control system based on the occupant health data.