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Subject: Re: Upholstery: Seat comfort
From: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 21:07:19
How can I put this delicately without being ridiculed?

Got a sheet of Temperfoam and tried it out on top of the car seats on two
very long journeys.
Very comfortable and rather like what I would anticipate its like to sit in
a bowl of porridge.
There were no pressure points but, conversely, I was also effectively
sitting on points not normally sat on.

The side-effect (which I hasten to add was temporary) was similar to one of
the long term problems which bicycle riders report from too long in the
saddle and which your wife (or mistress) would probably complain about too.
Or maybe it was the effect of creeping middle age.

If you catch my meaning!

Or is Temperfoam meant to be used against a contoured hard base? rather than
on top of other cushions.

Duncan McF.
-----Original Message-----
From: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
<europa@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Upholstery: Seat comfort


>
>The standard solution - which we plan to employ - is to use lightweight
>stiff foam (coloured white) or high density chipfoam (heavy) to provide the
>seat contours - raised sides, bolstered lower back- and put a layer of
>temperfoam over it before covering.
>
>Temperfoam slowly contours itself to your shape so you don't get pressure
>points on your ***, and is "G" sensitive - a fast application of G makes it
>go stiff. Used in the Shuttle seats and some ejection seats. V. expensive,
>available from Spruce, RD Aviation, etc, but well worth the expense.
>
>M
>
>



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