Beds – Mattress – Having confined gas
Patent
1998-07-01
1999-10-19
Melius, Terry Lee
Beds
Mattress
Having confined gas
5615, 5713, 5715, A61G 700
Patent
active
059667621
ABSTRACT:
An air mattress includes a plurality of inflatable sacs juxtapositionally connected together in a mattress envelope; an air pump for inflating or deflating the sacs for cushioning a patient ridden thereon; a leg bending device consisting of a plurality of inflatable sacs transversely juxtapositioned at a leg section of the mattress envelope and formed as arcuate shape when inflated for cushioning a patient's bending leg; a body turning device consisting of a plurality of inflatable sacs longitudinally juxtapositioned at a right and left side of a torso section and a head section of the mattress envelope, and alternatively inflated and deflated at the right and left sides for turning the patient's body leftwardly and rightwardly; and a head lifting device consisting of a plurality of inflatable sacs gradually decreasing in height from a head portion to a patient's shoulder or neck portion for cushioning the patient's head, thereby forming an air mattress for ergonomically cushioning different body portions of a patient or person.
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Melius Terry Lee
Santos Robert G.
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