A chair includes a flexible enclosure having a first compartment and a second compartment. A freely-flowable filler material is disposed within the first compartment and the second compartment. The filler material can have a different material density and/or distribution density in each compartment.

An article of furniture which has a cover of a flexible material having strength generally only in tension which defines a closed cushion chamber therein filled with ground flakes of expanded plastic material mixed with shredded particles of foam rubber. The cover may be made of an elongate generally rectangular piece of flexible material folded back over itself midway its length with the opposed side edges of the material overlying each other seamed together and the overlying ends of the materi...

A two-part seat (10) providing full body support that is specific for each crew member (30) on an individual basis. The two-part construction for the seat (10) can accommodate many sizes and shapes for crewmembers (30) because it is reconfigurable and therefore reusable for subsequent flights. The first component of the two-part seat construction is a composite shell (12) that surrounds the crewmember's entire body and is generically fitted to their general size in height and weight. The second ...

Soft-sculpted furniture, such as a chair, having unstructured seat and back portions and two arm portions. The chair can be in the form of a soft-sculpted animal or other figures or characters. The arm portions are contoured to follow the contour of the seat and back portions, are connected between the seat portion and back portion, and are constructed so that the chair provides support for a user in a seated upright position without the need for an internal frame structure. The arm portions are...

Disclosed is a composite foam chair cushion and method used to produce the composite chair cushion. The cushion is especially suitable for use in the construction of one and two piece office type chairs. The cushion is comprised of an insert of foamed material of predetermined density and compressibility and bonded to a foamed border material of less density and greater compressibility than that of the insert. Also disclosed is a method for producing the composite foam chair cushion of this inve...

An article of furniture adapted to be used selectively as a chair or as a recliner, and which is particularly suitable for use by arthritics or others who because of infirmity have difficulty in becoming seated in or arising from an article of furniture such as a chair or a recliner. The chair-recliner includes a supporting framework and a chair-recliner body mounted on the framework. The chair-recliner body comprises a deformable resilient member which extends for the length of the chair-reclin...

A furniture assembly includes a flexible outer envelope, an inner envelope, and a rigid inner frame. The outer envelope includes an upper receiving chamber, an upper access opening in communication with the upper receiving chamber, a lower receiving chamber, and a lower access opening in communication with the lower receiving chamber. The inner envelope is disposed in the upper receiving chamber, and is filled with a cushioning material. The rigid inner frame is disposed in the lower receiving c...

A seating unit having a support structure including a contoured seating surface and a resilient foam covering the seating surface of the support, with the foam having a non-contoured seating surface. The foam includes a plurality of apertures or holes arranged such that upon being deformed by an occupant the seating surface of the foam assumes the shape of the contoured seating surface of the support. The unit is preferably formed of a plurality of individual sub-units of support and foam which ...

A vertical baby support for simulating an ordinary holding position of a baby. A first inclined support receives, supports and retains a baby in a substantially vertical position. A cradle support holds the baby;s bottom while additional side straps provide further support of the baby against the inclined surface. A second support receives and supports the baby in a sitting position. A pair of side straps are releasably coupled to a center strap for securing the baby in the sitting position. Sta...

A high voltage vacuum switch having a sealed envelope with a pair of relatively movable electrodes within the envelope between which arcing occurs. One of the electrodes is reciprocably movable in an axial direction within the envelope and is guided by a rigidly supported washer during axial movement, the washer having a plating of silver-palladium alloy for gettering gas within the envelope. The alloy is formed by depositing silver on the washer and depositing palladium on the silver and heat t...