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A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame structure having a riser and a movable portion movable in relation to the riser in fore and aft directions with respect to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle. A seat cushion assembly including an open-cell foam seat cushion is mounted on the movable portio

A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame structure having a riser and a movable portion movable in relation to the riser in fore and aft directions with respect to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle. A seat cushion assembly including an open-cell foam seat cushion is mounted on the movable portion. The seat cushion includes a plurality of air channels therein extending from a bottom surface to a top surface thereof. The seat cushion is of sufficient thickness and density to support an occupant thereon. The seat cushion assembly includes a seat cushion cover material covering at least the top surface of the seat cushion. The seat cushion cover material is constructed and arranged to permit air to pass therethrough. A seat back frame is coupled to the movable portion of the frame structure. A seat back pad assembly is mounted on the seat back frame. Air flow directing structure is adapted to be coupled to a source of forced air and has a portion constructed and arranged to be mounted on the floor of the vehicle.

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A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a pair of vehicle seats for mounting in spaced relation within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, each said seat comprising: a seat frame structure having a riser constructed and arranged to be fixedly mounted on a floor of a vehicle, and a movable portion incl

A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a pair of vehicle seats for mounting in spaced relation within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, each said seat comprising: a seat frame structure having a riser constructed and arranged to be fixedly mounted on a floor of a vehicle, and a movable portion including a seat pan constructed and arranged to be movable in relation to said riser in fore and aft directions with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a seat cushion assembly including an open-cell foam seat cushion mounted on said seat pan, said seat cushion having a top surface and a bottom surface and including a plurality of air channels therein extending generally from said bottom surface to said top surface to direct air to said top surface of said seat cushion, said seat cushion being of sufficient thickness and density to support an occupant thereon, said seat cushion assembly including a seat cushion cover material covering at least said top surface of said seat cushion, said seat cushion cover material being constructed and arranged to permit air to pass therethrough, a seat back frame coupled to said movable portion of said frame structure, and a seat back pad assembly including an open-cell foam seat back pad mounted on said seat back frame, said seat back pad having a front surface and a rear surface and having a thickness and density generally equal to the thickness and density of said seat cushion, said seat back pad including a plurality of air channels therein extending generally from said rear surface to said front surface to direct air to said front surface of said seat back pad, said seat back pad assembly including a seat back cover material covering at least said front surface of said seat back pad, said seat back cover material being constructed and arranged to permit air to pass therethrough, air flow directing structure including: an air receiving member adapted to be coupled to a source of forced air and constructed and arranged to be mounted on the floor of the vehicle, a pair of seat manifolds, one seat manifold of the pair being coupled to a seat pan of an associated seat, each of said seat manifolds being in fluid communication with said air receiving member and being coupled to an associated seat pan in such a manner that forced air flowing from said source and through said air receiving member flows through each of said seat manifolds to said channels in an associated seat cushion to said top surface of the associated seat cushion and through said cover material of the associated seat cushion, a pair of seat back manifolds, one seat back manifold of the pair being mounted with respect to an associated seat back pad assembly and being fluidly coupled to an associated seat manifold, each of said seat back manifolds being in fluid communication with said channels of an associated seat back pad such that forced air may flow through a seat manifold to the associated seat back manifold and to said channels of an associated said seat back pad to said front surface of the associated seat back pad and through the associated seat back pad cover material.