Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Body supporting buoyant device
Patent
1995-07-18
1997-10-21
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Body supporting buoyant device
5930, 5710, B63C 908
Patent
active
056790406
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for supporting a pregnant user is disclosed comprising, in combination, a fixed support portion having a fixed configuration for supporting a portion of the user, and a variable support portion coupled to the fixed support portion and having a plurality of configurations for supporting a different abdominal portion of the user with each configuration of the plurality of configurations. The fixed support portion comprises a plurality of inter-connected, inflatable, tubular members. The variable support portion comprises a plurality of independent, concentric, inflatable, annular members attached to an independent, inflatable, cylindrical member. The variable support portion is in proximity to the abdomen of a user lying thereon, and the cylindrical member and the annular members are selectively inflated to conform comfortably to a protruding abdomen of a pregnant user. This support apparatus is especially useful as an air mattress and a floatation raft.
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Davis Roger
Moy Jeffrey D.
Swinehart Edwin L.
Weiss Harry M.
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