Beds – Bedclothing – And means to facilitate changing thereof
Patent
1990-07-05
1991-04-16
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Bedclothing
And means to facilitate changing thereof
5459, 5470, 5473, 5483, 5484, A47C 2700
Patent
active
050071238
ABSTRACT:
A flexible covering for reducing vapor transmission to a core of a mattress includes outer and inner coverings respectively forming first and second moisture/vapor/bacteria barriers, the outer and inner coverings being formed of materials having a flexibility sufficient to reduce tissue pressures which cause the formation of pressure sores on the body of a patient. The material of the outer and inner coverings comprise one of a woven and/or non-woven materials having or forming a vapor barrier such that the outer and inner coverings have a vapor transmission of less than 10.7 grams per hour per meter.sup.2. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the covering forms an integral part of the mattress or forms an envelope covering the core thereof.
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Comfortex, Inc.
Trettel Michael F.
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