The average American spends approximately 11.75 hours in their car each week. That’s more than 611 hours per year! Considering how much time your customers and prospects spend sitting in their cars, it is vital to their long term health and your customer satisfaction ratings that your car seats are created with ergonomic design elements that provide maximum support and protection. In this article, I’m going to share with you the top 6 “ergonomic essentials” for creating the safest, most comfortable car seat possible.

Essential #1 – Effective support of the legs. The seat pan’s leading edge must be soft so as not to stop blood flow to the lower legs, which can lead to Thrombosis (blood clots). There should be some lateral support to the upper legs to prevent side rollout of the feet and to prevent fatigue during long trips. This shaping of the seat pan can be referred to as a semi “bucket” seat. Bucket seats where originally designed for racing cars to keep the driver firmly in the seat in case of a crash. Read the rest of this entry »