PATENT SPECIFICATION
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`Application Date: Nov. 14, 1932. No. 32,177£32. 410502
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`Complete Left: Nov. 77,1933.
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`Complete Accepted: May 14, 7934.
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`PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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`Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Seats, Cushions, Upholstery
`o and the like.
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`We, DAVID MOSELEY & SONS, LIMITED,
`of Chapel Field Works, Ardwick, Man-
`chester, a British company, and CHARLES
`DOSSUNET, of 51-55, Rue de Vincennes,
`Montreuil, Provence de Seine, France, a
`French citizen, do hereby declare the
`nature of this
`invention to be as fol-
`lows :—-
`reference to pneu-
`This invention has
`matic seats, cushions. upholstery and the
`like, of the kind comprising an inflatable
`air container divided into a plurality of
`inter-communicating
`compartments
`by
`means of reeds "or partitions, and more
`particularly to such pneumatic seats,
`cushions,
`upholstery or
`the
`like
`as
`described in specification No. 340,506
`in Which the air containers and the reeds
`or partitions are made of rubber and the
`reeds or partitions are less extensible than
`the walls of the air containers.
`The object of the presentinvention is
`to provide an improved pneumatic seat,
`cushion, upholstery or the like of the kind
`referred to that will have a maximum
`freedom from rolling and aflord greater
`stability and give a better
`sense of
`security than have hitherto been obtained.
`According to the invention, the reeds
`or partitions of the air containers, of a
`pneumatic seat. cushion, upholstery or the
`like of the kind referred to are so shaped
`and / or arranged that the air container is
`of greater height or thickness at the sides
`than at the middle or between the sides
`and the outer covering or casing in which '
`the air container is fitted is correspond-
`ingly shaped so that the seating or like
`surface is concaved transversely and the
`sides fit snugly up against
`the -user or
`of
`occupier.
`In the
`case
`seats
`or
`cushions. the reeds or partitions may, if ,
`desired,‘ be so arranged that the air con-
`tainer is of greater height or thickness-
`at the front and back .as well’ as -at the
`sides _than in the middle and the outer,
`covering or casing be correspondingly”
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`shaped so that the seating surface has
`formed in it a nest-like concavity.
`In applying the invention to e._g., the
`air container of a cushion in_wh1ch ‘the
`reeds or partitions run from side to_s_ide,
`the upper edges of the reeds or partltlons
`are shaped so that
`they are of gradu-
`ally reducing height from each side_to.tlie
`middle and the top surface of the air con-
`tainer
`is
`concaved transversely. _ The
`outer casing in which the air container is
`fitted is correspondingly shaped so that
`When the air container
`is inflated,
`the
`seating surface of
`the cushion is trans-
`versely concaved.
`In an air container in
`which the reeds or partitions run from
`front to back, the reedsor partitions are
`made successively of less height from the
`outermost to the innermost, the outer cas-
`ing being, as before, shaped so that the
`seating surface of the cushion is concaved‘
`transversely when the air container is in-
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`flated.
`In cases Where the air containers are
`provided with both
`reeds or partitions
`running from side to side and from front"
`to back, the two sets of reeds may be made-
`as described so that the seating surface is
`formed With a nest-like concavity.
`It is found that the higher edges of the
`seat
`or
`cushion resulting from the
`arrangements of
`reeds or partitions de-
`scribed fit snugly up against the user and
`not only reduce rolling to a minimum and
`aiford great stability; but also give a
`greater sense of security. Seats, cushions
`or "the like in accordance with the inven-
`
`tion are, therefore, especially applicable
`for use on aircraft.
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`Dated this Léth day of November, 1932;.
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`. AHETYS, son, DAVIES & i?ATTISON,,
`52, Deansgate Arcade, Manchester,
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`Agents for the Applicants.
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`COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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`x..
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`Improvements in or relating
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`to Pneumatic
`and the like.
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`Ei~eats, Ciiisliioiis, ‘iipiieelstery
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`We, DAVID MOSELEY & SONS, LIMITED, of
`Chapel l*‘ieldWork-s, Ardwick, Manchester,
`12, a British company, and CHARLES
`DOSSUNET, of 5l—55, Rue de Vincennes,
`Montreuil, Provence de Seine, France‘, Ta
`French cit1Tzen,_ do hereby declare the
`nature of this invention and in what man- *
`ner the same is to be performed, to hepar-
`ticularly described and ascertained in and
`by the following statement :—
`This invention has reference to pneu-
`matic seats; cushions5 upholstery and the
`like, of the kind’comprisi’ng an inflatable
`airicontainer d'i'vide'd"into a plurality-of
`inter-communicating‘ compartments
`by
`means of ‘reeds ‘ or ‘partitions, and more
`particularly’ to’
`such ' pneumatic —seat's,T
`cushions, ' Tupholstery or the like’ “(as
`described‘ inispecification No. 340,506)
`in which the air containers and the reeds
`or partitions are made of rubber and-the
`i'eedsior'pai*titions are less extensible than
`the walls of theTair conta.iners'.T'T
`The object of the_Tp_I"esent_ invention is
`to provide ‘an
`improvedpneumatic seat,
`cushion, upholstery orithe like o'fTtheT kind’
`referred’ to that :willT have a maximum
`freedom from rolling and afford greater
`stability and ‘give a ‘better
`sense
`of
`security than Thavehitherto been obtained.T
`Accoi-ding.to"the invention,TT the reeds
`or partitions of the air containers, of a
`pneumatic seat, cushion, upholstery or the
`like of the_ kind referred to are so shaped
`and/on arranged that the air container is
`of greater height or thickness at the sides
`than‘at the middle or between the sides
`‘and'th'Te outer coveringT or casing in which
`the air'TcontaineiT'TTisTfitted, is correspond-‘
`ingly shaped; so that the "seating or ‘like
`su1'faceTis' concaved transversely and the
`sides fit 'sTnuglyTup‘ against
`the user or
`occupier. T
`"the ‘case
`iof 'sea}tTsT or
`cushions, the reeds or partitionse may, if
`desiTred,TT’be'TTso arranged t_hat'theTair con-
`taii1er*TTis of T‘g'reatér height or thickness
`at Tthe frTont‘a.ndTbaek as well‘ as Tat
`sides than in Tt_lie_ miTdd‘le and the ‘outer.
`covei‘ing”s’ or‘ casing ‘T be ’ "correspondingly
`shaped so that the seating‘ Ts1TuT*face"has
`formed in it a nest-like concavity.
`In the accompanying drawing -Eig. 1 is
`a perspective view’ of one ‘form’ of pneu-T
`inatic cushion
`formed with a concaved
`seating surface in accordance with the in-
`venti6’ITI,*‘Fig‘,’Ti2' aTnd‘_T 3 are pe'rspectiveT
`views of thejair’,containerjT showing two
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`Ways in which the reeds or partitions may
`be arranged to produce the transversely
`concaTved“seating surface shown _in Fig‘. 1:
`and Fig. 4 is a. perspective V1eW,0i
`‘ah
`modified form of pneumatic cushion 111
`accordance with the invention. .
`_
`Iteferring to
`the _drawings it will be
`seen that
`the cushion
`18 of greater
`height at the sides 6 than 111 the middle 7
`with the result that the upper or seating
`surface 8 of the cushion is concaved trans-
`versely.
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`In‘ a cushion in which the air container
`is divided ‘into a’ plurality ‘of compart-’
`ments’ by ‘means of reeds‘ or partitions ‘run-
`ning from“th e"f_rontc to the‘ back the trans.
`verse concavity of the seating surface '8
`may‘ be obtained ‘by making the reeds or
`partitions 9 progressively of less height
`from the sides‘ ofthe air container to the
`middlethereof as shown in Fig. 2. The
`outer’ c_asing‘in which the air container is
`fitted wi_ll“cf course ‘beccorrespondingly
`shaped to‘ conform to the air container.
`T‘/Vhen thereeds or partitions run from
`side to side‘ of Ttheair container the trans;
`versely concaved seating surface may _be
`obtained by concaving the upper edges 10
`of the: reeds or partitions 9,’as shown in
`Fig. 3. ‘
`"
`In some cases the reeds or partitions
`may be so shapedand arranged that the
`air container is higher at the front and
`back aswell as at the sides than in the
`middle‘so"tl_1‘at the upper surface of the air
`containerand the seating surface 8 of the
`cushion is formed with a‘ nest—like con-
`cavity as shown in Fig. 4:.
`T
`I_tTT'is foTuhd’T that‘the‘higher edges of the
`seat
`or “cushion resulting from the
`arrangements of reeds or partitions de-T
`scribed fit snugly up against the user and.
`notlonly 'rTedu'ce' rolling to a ‘minimum
`and afford, great stability, but also give a '
`greater sense of security. Seats, cushions
`0}‘
`ljlkrev, In accordance with the Tinven-T
`tion a e,"'therefore, especially applicable
`for" i1s_Te on TaTiiicr:aft.T
`Having nojvfparticularly described and
`ascertained the n‘ati1re’_’of.. our saiTd_ inven-
`tion and in wh_atT’ manner the same is to
`. .
`be Tperform'e_d,i"v_ve declare that what we
`claim 1s_':’——‘T
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`seats.
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`d1v;;7d:ed_i1n,to a p_lur_a_l1tTy: of . c_o_m_pai‘tIi1ents’
`by 11$‘-}?éTf=L11.S<,0f,,reed§)Tor partitions so shaped
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`and] or arranged that» the air container is
`of greater height at the sides than at the
`middle or intermediate of the sides, the
`outer covering or casing in which the air
`= container is fitted being correspondingly
`shaped so that its upper or seating surface
`is concaved transversely and the sides fit
`snugly up against the user or occupier.
`2. Pneumatic
`seats,
`cushions,
`up-
`* holstery or the like, according to Claim
`1 in which the reeds or partitions of the
`air container run from front to back there-
`of and are progressively of reduced height
`from the sides of the container to the
`middle of same.
`up-
`seats, , cushions,
`3. Pneumatic
`holstery or the like, according to Claim 1,
`in which the reeds or partitions run from
`side to side of the air container and have
`20 their upper edges concaved.
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`’
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`up-
`cushions,
`seats,
`4. Pneumatic
`holstery or the like, according to Claim 1,
`in which the reeds
`or partitions are so
`shaped and arranged that the upper sur-
`face of the air container and the seating
`surface of the seat, cushion, upholstery or
`the like
`are formed with
`a nest-like
`concavity.
`seats, cushions, up-
`5. Pneumatic
`holstery ‘or the like substantially as here-
`in set forth with reference to and as illus-
`trated in the accompanying drawings.
`{Dated this 14th day of November, 1933.
`HEYS, SON, DAVIES & PATTISON,
`52, Deansgate Arcade, Manchester, 3,
`Agents for the Applicants.
`Reference has been directed, in pursu-
`ance of Section 7, Subsection (4), of the
`Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 to 1932,.
`to Specifications No. 340,506 and 302,008..
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