US 11,737,569 B2
Cushioning for furniture item
Yaacov Haham, Ashkelon (IL); Gali Kudin Amar, Rehovot (IL); and Hannah Spaander, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to KETER HOME AND GARDEN PRODUCTS LTD, Herzliya (IL)
Appl. No. 17/633,422
Filed by KETER HOME AND GARDEN PRODUCTS LTD, Herzliya (IL)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/050851
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/028903, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 268638 (IL), filed on Aug. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279930 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 7/02 (2006.01); A47C 9/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/26 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 9/002 (2013.01) [A47C 7/027 (2013.01); A47C 7/26 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furniture cushioning pad, said cushioning pad being made of molded elastomer material, and comprising a furniture engaging portion and at least a cushioning portion having a top face and a bottom face, with a plurality of resilient prongs projecting from the bottom face; said prongs configurable between a rest, non-deformed position, a pre-stressed position upon articulating the cushioning pad over a rigid surface portion of a furniture element, and a stressed position upon applying pressure over the top face thereof, in which the prongs arbitrarily deform in different orientations, and a thickness of a root of the prongs is equal to or lesser than a thickness of the cushioning portion of the cushioning pad.