Wearable seating assembly

Abstract

A wearable seating assembly is provided. The wearable seating assembly includes a seat and a strap. The body of the seat is secured to the body of the user with the strap, which is threaded through two slots in the seat. The slots are above the middle of the seat, placing most of the body of the seat below the hips of the user. When the user sits, the seat bends under the user providing a clean and dry surface to sit on, without any manual manipulation of the seat or strap by the user. When the user stands, the seat returns to its original position, again without any manual manipulation. The user may alter how the straps pass through the slots to alter how the seat rests against the body of the user. The seat may have warming elements to make the seat warm. The seat may include a safety strap to prevent the seat being lost.

1 . A wearable seating assembly comprising:
 a. a generally planar seat, wherein the seat comprises a first seat face for abutting against a user and a second seat face for contacting a surface on which the user intends to sit; and   b. a strap connected to the seat, the strap upwardly offset from a middle point of the seat.   
     
     
         2 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the seat comprises a first slot and a second slot, wherein the first slot and the second slot are equidistantly and opposingly spaced from the middle point. 
     
     
         3 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 2  wherein the strap threads through the first slot and the second slot to form a closed loop. 
     
     
         4 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the strap is elastic or an elastic mesh. 
     
     
         5 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 4  wherein the strap comprises an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a circumference of the closed loop. 
     
     
         6 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 2  wherein: in a first configuration the strap enters the first slot through the second seat face and exits the first slot out the first seat face, and enters the second slot through the first seat face and exits the second slot out the second seat face; and in a second configuration the strap enters the first slot through the first seat face and exits the first slot out the second seat face, and enters the second slot through the second seat face and exits the second slot out the first seat face. 
     
     
         7 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the seat comprises at least one heating element pocket for holding a heating element in an interior of the seat, and a heating element slot for accessing the at least one heating element pocket, wherein the at least one heating element pocket is dimensioned smaller than the heating element, whereby the interior of the seat is deformable to accommodate the heating element. 
     
     
         8 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 7  where the seat comprises additional insulating material between the at least one heating element pocket and the second seat face. 
     
     
         9 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 7  wherein the seat comprises thermal radiating material between the at least one heating element pocket and the first seat face, wherein the thermal radiating material is configured to diffuse thermal energy generated by the heating element across part or all of the first seat face, wherein the heating element is a chemical heat source. 
     
     
         10 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  further comprising a safety strap, a first end of the safety strap attached to an attachment point of the wearable seat, and a second end of the safety strap configured to attach to an external attachment point on a user and not on the wearable seat, wherein the attachment point is on a top face of the seat. 
     
     
         11 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the seat is generally constructed of a material that is semi-rigid, low density, waterproof, and has low thermal conductivity. 
     
     
         12 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 11  wherein the seat is generally constructed of closed cell polyethylene foam. 
     
     
         13 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the seat further comprises one or more thinning elements. 
     
     
         14 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 13  wherein one or more of the thinning elements comprises a seam. 
     
     
         15 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 14  wherein one or more of the thinning elements comprises sewing through the seat. 
     
     
         16 . A wearable seating assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the seat further comprises a tapered region. 
     
     
         17 . A method of using a wearable seating assembly comprising:
 a. wearing a wearable seating assembly according to any one of  claim 1  around a user's hips;   b. in an upright position, allowing the first face of the wearable seating assembly to abut against the user's lower back and buttocks in an upright configuration;   c. sitting on an external surface, allowing the seat to deform from an original shape such that a lower portion of the seat bends with respect to an upper portion of the seat to provide a seating surface between the user and the external surface in a seated configuration, without manually manipulating the wearable seat; and   d. standing up from the external surface, allowing the seat to return to the original shape and the wearable seating assembly to the upright configuration, without manually manipulating the wearable seat.   
     
     
         18 . A method of using a wearable seating assembly comprising:
 a. wearing a wearable seating assembly according to  claim 7  around a user's hips; and   b. inserting the heating element through the heating element slot into the at least one heating element pocket.   
     
     
         19 . A method of using a wearable seating assembly according to  claim 18 , further comprising, when the at least one heating element pocket does not hold the heating element, maintaining a shape of the at least one heating element pocket by providing therein a placeholder material shaped like the heating element. 
     
     
         20 . A method of using a wearable seating assembly comprising:
 a. providing a wearable seating assembly according to  claim 6 ;   b. selecting between the first configuration and the second configuration by either: (i) rotating the seat approximately 180 degrees around a central longitudinal axis of the seat; or (ii) removing the strap from the seat and replacing the strap in a desired one of the first and second configurations.