ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,700, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Cushion body" was invented by Satoru Ohira (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushion body includes a seat pad having a concave ventilation flow path extending along a pad rear surface of the seat pad, and a planar flow path lid covering the pad rear surface of the seat pad so as to cover the concave ventilation flow path. The seat pad has an expanded flow path in which a flow path width of the ventilation flow path is partially expanded, and the planar flow path lid includes a contact portion in contact with the pad rear surface, and a lid...