Beds – Bedclothing – And means to facilitate changing thereof
Patent
1993-02-02
1993-11-30
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Bedclothing
And means to facilitate changing thereof
5458, 5461, 5411, 5903, 24664, 24464, A61C 704, A41F 100
Patent
active
052652939
ABSTRACT:
In combination with an inflatable body support formed from a pair of plastic sheets joined together forming an air pressurizable chamber therebetween, the sheets having a plurality of aligned holes extending therethrough with the sheets being joined together around the circumference of each hole allowing body heat and moisture to flow through each hole but preventing air flow from the chamber into each hole, thereby providing an air cushion for supporting a person positioned thereatop that dissipates pressure, heat and moisture to prevent the onset of pressure sores and ulcers, the improvement which comprises: occluding the holes over which the torso, head and limbs of a person positioned atop the inflatable body support would not lie, thereby reducing the distension of the inflatable body support surrounding the occluded holes thereby volume centering the air within the air pressurizable chamber under a person positioned atop the inflatable body support; providing a pair of micro and macro adjustable, separable, and generally U-shaped anchoring straps, each strap having two generally boomerang-shaped halves disposed in mirror image relationship; and a novel connector that may be opened by two fingers that removably attaches the anchoring straps to the inflatable body support.
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Gaymar.RTM. Advertising Brochure, .COPYRGT.1990, Gaymar Industries, Inc., of Orchard Park, N.Y.
The Original WAFFLE.RTM. Products Advertising Brochure by EHOB.RTM., .COPYRGT.EHOB.RTM., Inc. 1990, of Indianapolis, Ind.
Langley Steven P.
Spahn James G.
EHOB Inc.
Trettel Michael F.
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