US Patent Issued to Lear on Aug. 5 for "Ventilated seat and method of making" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,764, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Ventilated seat and method of making" was invented by Mark Antony Palmer (West Haddon, Great Britain) and Wreford Graham Cox (Paignton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilated seat includes a cushion pad, including a plurality of air distribution holes therethrough, and having a hook-loop fastener affixed thereto; a seat bottom including a main bottom cushion; a seat back operatively engaging the seat bottom and including a main back cushion; wherein one of the main bottom cushion and the main back cushion is comprised of a closed cell foam, incl...