Inflatable leg and foot support

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1994-07-11

1996-03-12

Grosz, Alexander

Beds

Support means for discrete portion of user, useable with bed...

For lower body portions

5449, 5644, A47C 2002, A47G 900

Patent

active

054975204

ABSTRACT:
An inflatable support for selectively supporting a persons's feet and legs comprises an air bag having a semi-tubular top panel, an essentially flat bottom panel, and side panels that are "hinged" together at collapse joints in a manner to fold together to permit the top panel to collapse downwardly against the bottom panel. The side panels fold inwardly toward one another in an accordion-like fashion to permit essentially full collapse of the foot and leg support to a thickness of only that of the combined thicknesses of rubber material, of which the support is constructed. A remote compressed air source communicates with an inflation valve to inflate the foot and leg support, and a second deflation valve exhausts the pressurized air within the air bag to atmosphere. A remote control unit permits the user to activate the inflation and deflation valves to inflate/deflate the air bag to raise/lower the user's feet and legs as desired.

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