US 12,479,143 B2
System and method of making a mesh cushion
Sam Blair, Southfield, MI (US); Joshua Hallock, Southfield, MI (US); David Abdella, Southfield, MI (US); Pat Carlsen, Southfield, MI (US); and Michelle A. Pereny, Southfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,978.
Application 18/082,978 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/555,875, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 12,325,168.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191678 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.01); B29C 48/345 (2019.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 48/0011 (2019.02) [B25J 9/0096 (2013.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.02); B29C 48/345 (2019.02); B29L 2031/751 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a mesh cushion, comprising:
extruding a material through a plurality of filament forming openings in a die plate to form a plurality of filaments;
directing the plurality of filaments into a funnel to consolidate and engage the plurality of filaments;
depositing the plurality of filaments into a mold that is at least partially submerged into a fluid to cool and harden the plurality of filaments into the mesh cushion.