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2. Impact attenuator - Wikipedia

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   A crash cushion installed on a motorway exit in Italy. An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Impact attenuators are designed to absorb the colliding vehicle's kinetic energy.

3. Upholstery - Wikipedia

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   The availability of better-quality steel springs and the development of lashing techniques enabled upholstery to be built up on seats, backs, and arms independently of the frame shape. Stuffings became even more complex, edges became elaborately shaped into rolls and scrolls, and fabrics were folded into soft padded shapes using buttoning.

4. Car seat - Wikipedia

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   The power seat adjustments in a Lincoln Town Car. The seat controls are located on the door panels, next to the memory seat controls. Above the seat settings are the memory control settings that also set the mirrors and foot pedals. Some car seat systems are set up with a battery-powered automatic control to adjust how the seat sits in the car.

5. National Organization of Short Statured Adults - Wikipedia

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   The organization clearly defined "short stature" to be men 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) or below and women 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) or below in height. [1] The group advocated on behalf of short people and hoped to foster greater acceptance of short people within society. NOSSA was opposed to the prejudice known as heightism. The group defined heightism as, "a ...

6. Seat - Wikipedia

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   Cathedra, a seat for a bishop located in a cathedral; Chair, a seat with a back; Chaise longue, a soft chair with leg support; Couch, a long soft seat; Ejection seat, rescue seat in an aircraft; Folding seat; Hard seat; Infant car seat, for a small child in a car; Jump seat, auxiliary seat in a vehicle; Pew, a long seat in a church, synagogue ...

7. Turkeywork - Wikipedia

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   These carpets were used to cover tables, hutches, and similar furniture, as well as for cushions and chair seats. Turkeywork was generally too expensive for use as floor carpets, "for each knot had to be formed separately by laying a thrum across two warp ends, folding it back under and inwards, and drawing its two ends up between the warps."