Beds – Mattress – Having confined gas
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Engle, Patricia (Department: 3673)
Beds
Mattress
Having confined gas
C005S706000, C005S655300
Reexamination Certificate
active
07127762
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable product has a socket disposed in a wall of an inflatable body and extending into an interior of the inflatable body. A pump is slidably disposed in the socket, and is slidable from a retracted position to an extended position. The retracted position defines an insertion limit of the pump into the socket, and the extended position defines a withdrawal limit of the pump from the socket. The pump is operable to inflate the inflatable body when in the extended position. The pump includes a power source connected to a fan, operable to inflate the inflatable body. The pump includes a switch operable to activate the fan when in a closed position. The switch is in an the closed position when the pump is in the extended position, and in an open position when the pump is in the retracted position. The pump includes an air intake in fluid communication with ambient air when the pump is in the extended position, and the air intake is sealed from the ambient air when the pump is in the retracted position. The socket includes an outlet in fluid communication with an interior of the inflatable body, and, when the pump is in the extended position, the socket and the pump define a sealed conduit fluidly connecting an outlet of the pump to the outlet of the socket to inflate the body indirectly via the sealed conduit. The socket has an opening through which the pump extends and the opening is substantially sealed by the pump. The pump seals the outlet of the socket when the pump is in the retracted position. Detent projections and recesses releasably maintain the pump in the extended position. A battery is removable when the pump is in the extended position.
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Conley Fredrick
Engle Patricia
Ideal Time Consultants Limited
Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP
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