CLIMATE CONTROLLED SEAT

A climate-controlled seat including a foam portion having a recess in a surface, an air channel extending through the foam and having a first opening configured to engage with a seat ventilation system and an opposed second opening adjacent to and operatively engaging the recess; a pair of gaskets located in the recess, adjacent to and on opposite sides of the second opening, the gaskets configured to block airflow from the second opening into the laterally extending recess; and a seat trim covering the foam portion over the surface and attached to the foam portion along the recess to provide a trench in the seat trim adjacent to the recess.