Beds inventions 07/06

20060162065 - Convertible furniture construction: The present invention provides a furniture construction, and an associated method of manufacture, that can be converted from a bed to a table and vice versa. According to one embodiment, the furniture construction includes a support structure, a bed frame movably connected to the support structure so that the bed...

20060162066 - Convertible furniture construction: The present invention provides a furniture construction, and an associated method of manufacture, that can be converted from a bed to a table and vice versa. According to one embodiment, the furniture construction includes a support structure, a bed frame movably connected to the support structure so that the bed...

20060162067 - System and method for retractable furniture unit: A retractable bed is disclosed which can be automatically raised and lowered in a vertical fashion. The retractable bed includes a frame for holding a mattress; and means for raising and lowering said bed through vertical displacement, such as one or more motors. When the bed is in the lowered...

20060162068 - Headboard for a pull-up-in-bed system: An end panel for a patient support apparatus such as a hospital bed has a frame, a housing covering the frame, a roller mounted on the frame which rotates relative to the frame....

20060162069 - Lifting and transfer apparatus: A portable lifting apparatus for lifting and transferring of heavy objects. The lifting apparatus having a load-supporting platform which can be moved both vertically and rotated about the vertical axis of an upwardly extending lifting column. The lifting apparatus further includes an outrigger linkage coupled to the lifting column and...

20060162071 - A/b testing: Performing A/B testing of content of a webpage includes selecting one of at least two different versions of the webpage to be displayed to a user through an interactive user interface (e.g., a web browser) based on an identification code, such as an Internet Protocol address or tracker identifier supplied...

20060162070 - Infant evacuation crib: An infant evacuation crib is provided including a crib frame, a mattress support, and a visual identifier generating a locating signal visible to humans for locating the crib in a diminished light environment. The mattress support connects with the crib frame and is adapted to support an associated mattress relative...

20060162072 - Sleeping bag kit: A sleeping bag kit comprising a fabric panel for folding into a sleeping bag. The panel provides apertures, or in another embodiment markings designating positions for forming apertures, through which ties are disposed to maintain the sleeping bag configuration. The fabric panel may be compactly configured by folding the panel...

20060162073 - Absorbent towel with projections: A towel (10) includes a base layer (12) and a plurality of raised projections (14) that project away from the base layer (12). The base layer (12) has a first side (16) and a second side (18). In one embodiment, the projections (14) are discontinuously positioned and are each separately...

20060162074 - Device and method for controlling physical properties of a bed: A system and a method are proposed for controlling at least one physical property of a bed based on the state of a person staying in the bed. A lying part in the bed is provided with a plurality of sensors adapted to continuously measure physical magnitudes as a measurement...

20060162075 - Adjustable bed rail: An adjustable bed rail capable of gripping a mattress either alone or together with a bedspring to hold the protective side rail in place. A locking assembly is adjustable to adjust for the height of the mattress either alone or together with the bedspring. Friction pads and/or friction surfaces may...

20060162076 - Head restraint for therapeutic bed: A mechanism to support the head of a patient is provided for therapeutic beds, including prone positioning therapeutic beds. In one embodiment, a head restraint apparatus is provided comprising a casing having a closed bottom end, an open top end, and an open front end. The casing encloses a cavity...

20060162077 - Gas bottle support for a gurney or stretcher frame: A patient support apparatus having a base, a litter frame, an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails...

20060162078 - Electric mattress: An electric mattress comprises a main member made of an elastic material. A frame has a base, a plurality of shafts in the main member and a plurality of elastic members on the shafts. The shafts are rotated to flex and extend the main member. A driving device is connected...

20060162079 - Hospital bed including moveable foot portion: A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress....

20060162080 - Nursing support pillows and methods: A pillow system comprises a curved main pillow having a pillow body having a midsection and a pair of ends. The pillow body is curved and is both flexible and firm to permit it to wrap around a user. A curved side pillow is operably attached to one of the...

20060162081 - Adaptive pneumatic sitting and reclining cushion for vehicles and aircraft: The inventive sitting and reclining cushion is divided into a seat cushion and a back cushion, which are configured in an essentially identical manner. A sleeve (4) consisting of a textile material with low elasticity contains a plurality of tubular pockets (5) consisting of an identical material and joined longitudinally...

20060162082 - Cushion body: A cushion body includes a main body made of elastic foam and having at opposite sides thereof first and second surfaces between which a thickness is defined, the main body being formed with a plurality of holes in a direction of the thickness, a plurality of columnar elastic members positioned...

20060162083 - Bed trapeze lift with bed controls, lights and patient transferability: A trapeze apparatus for use with a patient-support device such as a hospital bed, for example, includes a pivotable coupler formed to define a pivot axis and an arm pivotable about the pivot axis. A patient interface unit of the trapeze apparatus includes a trapeze handle coupled to the arm...

20060162084 - Inflatable sex support unit for mattress: An inflatable sex-support unit for mattress configured to be temporarily or permanently attachable to such mattress, comprising of bladders that are stowed away in layers of bedspread and foams, that inflate to a height of 12 or more inches above the unit's surface to elevate and support the back area...

20060162085 - Inflatable blanket with a tie: The present invention is directed to at least one tie strap positioned on an inflatable blanket. These tie straps, when being used with the blanket, are positioned not on the non-inflatable periphery sections of the inflatable blanket, but on non-periphery sections, like an inflatable section, of the inflatable blanket. This...

20060162086 - Single patient, personal use air mattress having a single perimeter seam: e

20060162087 - Breathing mattress for bed and method of making the same: A breathing mattress for bed includes a mattress body, which is prepared from a foam material and has a plurality of mounting holes, and a plurality of hollow elastic filler elements respectively mounted in the mounting holes of the mattress body for ventilation....

20060162088 - Infant mattress: An infant mattress for underlying an infant. The infant mattress is made of three layers of a foam material; an inner layer comprised of an open or closed cell foam material, preferably urethane, and two outer layers that sandwich the inner layer therebetween, comprised of a visco-elastic foam material, preferably...

20060156469 - Bprs system (bed patient raise-sit system): The BPRS System is a medical device for raising or lowering the upper section of the body of an invalid patient, and for turning said patient to a sitting position on the side of the bed and back to the lying position. Said device has three members which correspond to...

20060156468 - Method and apparatus for transferring patients: A patient transfer apparatus including an inflatable mattress, alternatively with a rigid top board with a patient restraint system on which a patient can be placed, when patient immobilization is required. A portable cart is included with a chamber for storage of a plurality of mattresses. The cart also has...

20060156470 - Stackable and stable bedding foundation: A nestably stackable bedding foundation assembly replaces the traditional border wire and disposed coil spring foundation assembly in a so-called box spring. The foundation assembly may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. Each foundation...

20060156471 - Conformable blanket: The present invention is directed to a blanket having at least one snap stick inserted into or onto the blanket to maximize the surface area of the blanket that contacts the user....

20060156472 - Device for use during medical procedures: An instrument table for placement on an operating table on which a patient rests during a medical procedure includes a planar portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, the planar portion having a width less than the width of the operating table, at least one support coupled to...

20060156473 - Quick connector for multi-media: A connector apparatus for connecting an air supply unit and a mattress or cushion....

20060150319 - Bed frame with an elastically suspended mattress support: A bed has a frame and a mattress support. The mattress support is suspended from the bed frame by a plurality of elastic supports. The mattress support can move in a downward direction when weight is applied to the mattress support....

20060150321 - Portable lifting systems and methods for assistance in standing: A portable, lightweight device is provided that permits a person to be lifted from a sitting position without the assistance of another person. This device comprises an inflatable bladder and a means of forcing a gas into the bladder. When the person wishes to be lifted from a sitting position,...

20060150320 - System for handling a person and method therefor: The invention relates to a method of handling a person, such as lifting or moving the person from a first position to another, with a handling system including one or more support sheets initially positioned under the person. The method comprising the following steps: winding the one or more support...

20060150322 - Patient transfer sheet: A patient transfer sheet comprising a nylon sheet for transferring a patient and having a first pair of loop handles and a second pair of loop handles for supplying and carrying the patient....

20060150323 - Folding cot: Cot, characterized in that it consists of two shell parts (2, 3) which are made of a hard material and which are hinge-mounted, whereby an upholstery (4) is provided around both shell parts (2, 3), and whereby both shell parts (2, 3) can mutually hinge between an open position, in...

20060150324 - Portable infant auto changing table: A removable, adjustable, portable apparatus positioned on the rear surface of a front seat of an automobile, secured around the seat head rest, providing a surface when positioned to aupport an infant to change a diaper in an automobile....

20060150325 - Collapsible hammock stand: A hammock stand has a plurality of legs, support rods, and a cross brace that couples at least one leg to at least one of the support rods such that the hammock stand collapses in a single movement....

20060150326 - Collapsible spring mechanisms for items of furniture: A quiet, non-binding articulatable spring mechanism for resiliently supporting a mattress includes a system of articulatable, sinuous springs, each having hooked ends for silencing the mechanism during use or collapse, as well as central offset portions for enabling the sinuous springs to compress to a greater extent than heretofore. Both...

20060150327 - Supporting spring system for mattresses or the like and use of a supporting spring system of this type: A supporting spring system designed such that at least individual slats can be individually raised and lowered proximal to bearing means, enabling the supporting spring system to execute any desired movements that are transferred via the mattress to the individual lying on it, thus enabling prevention or treatment of bed...

20060150328 - Multi-purpose sleeping bag: A multipurpose sleeping bag is presented, and more particularly a sleeping bag that also operates as a tent. The sleeping bag has a shell with an insulating material. The shell includes a cavity large enough to contain a person therein and function as a sleeping bag. A flap is connected...

20060150329 - Bed rail with fold control and jaw motion control: A bed rail is disclosed for use with a bed. The bed rail includes a clamping device to clamp the bedrail to the bed. The bedrail is moveable between an upright position and a released position wherein the rail is moved downwardly toward a sidewall of the mattress to facilitate...

20060150330 - Swaddling blanket: A swaddling blanket to alleviate colic has a back panel long enough to support a child from neck to feet, a leg pouch to loosely contain the child's legs, arm restraints to hold the child's arms against and parallel to the child's torso, a tapered short blanket arm to wrap...

20060150331 - Channeled warming blanket: A warming blanket incorporating channeled areas for accepting heat and/or sensor wires. The inventive blanket includes multiple layers of knitted, woven or non-woven fabrics that are welded together with ultrasonic seams to define channels through which wires for resistive heating can be placed. This composite may be produced in a...

20060150332 - Patient care bed with network: A bed including a frame, a deck, a siderail, a communication network and a graphic caregiver interface module. The graphic caregiver interface module includes an input device, a control circuit, a memory, and a display....

20060150333 - Medical apparatus: A medical apparatus having first and second relatively movable parts, a drive means for causing relative movement therebetween, and control means for controlling the operation of drive means, the control means including a sensor for detecting the relative position of the first and second parts, the control means including at...

20060150334 - Motor-adjustable head rest: A motor-adjustable head rest for operating tables comprises a head plate (12) which is arranged at one end of a curved support shaft (24) which, in a plane which is perpendicular with respect to the axis of curvature, is guided in an adjustable manner on a support between three rollers...

20060150335 - Rescue cocoon: A method for rescuing a person who is for instance injured and/or unconscious, from an in particular relatively confined chamber with a relatively small entrance opening such as a conduit provided with a manhole, wherein the person is included in stretched-out condition in an elongated, rigid holder which encloses the...

20060150336 - Facial support cushion: A facial support cushion for supporting the face of a person lying in a face down prone position, wherein the cushion is an annular, generally torus shaped body having a hollow interior with a plurality of generally radially extending partitions extending across the interior of the body, dividing it into...

20060150337 - Novel bed seat: A support system for use with a hospital bed, reclining seats, infant or baby seats and the like in the form of a pillow or other comfortable support piece having a pair of openings for the legs or thighs of a user is disclosed. A preferred support system allows maintaining...

20060150338 - Therapeutic seat cushion: A therapeutic seat cushion for supporting a person remaining in a sitting position for a prolonged period of time, wherein the cushion is a generally rectangular body having a hollow interior with a plurality of generally radially extending partitions extending across the interior of the body, dividing it into a...

20060150339 - Lofted lightly needlepunched flame-retardant nonwovens: The present invention concerns a flame retardant (FR) lofted lightly needlepunch nonwoven fabric useful in household goods and particularly for mattresses. The nonwoven fabric comprises at least one of FR rayon fiber, FR acrylic fiber, FR melamine fiber, FR polyester fiber, FR polyolefin fiber, or FR resin coated fiber and...

20060143824 - System for a multiplace cots structure: A system for implementing a modular structure having two or more cot places, characterised in that the modular structure is implemented by the mutual interconnection of single units (1) made of a pair of posts (2) and of at least one crosspiece (3) assembled in a sandwich arrangement blocked in...

20060143825 - Patient lift: A patient lift assembly including a boom, a cradle, and a pin for securing the boom and the cradle. The pin has a head formed at a first end thereof and a locking mechanism near a second end thereof for capturing the cradle and the boom therebetween....

20060143826 - Beddress: A beddress. Under one embodiment, a beddress includes an upper fabric portion sized and shaped to cover an upper surface of a top mattress structure and a lower fabric portion sized and shaped to cover at least three side surfaces of a bottom mattress structure. The upper and lower fabric...

20060143827 - Adjusting device and adjustable support device for beds, mattresses, armchairs and the like: The invention relates to an adjusting device (10) for beds, mattresses, armchairs and the like, which comprises support elements (12) that extend at an angle to the adjusting direction (A), especially on both sides, and that form together a plane of support (12A), and at least one drive device (24)...

20060143829 - Hospital bed: A bed comprises a frame and a deck coupled to the frame. The deck includes a back section, a seat section, a thigh section, and a foot section. An actuator is coupled to the back section to move the back section from a horizontal position to an elevated position relative...

20060143828 - Rotary bed comprising an improved rotary hinge: A nursing bed is provided that has a height adjustable base, in which a rotary hinge is attached in a substantially countersunk arrangement. The rotary hinge connects the base to an intermediate frame on which the actual reclining frame is installed. In this way, a bed framework is obtained, which,...

20060143830 - Contour lumbar support sleep pillow: An apparatus for providing lower back pain relief for use between the human body and a flexible surface consisting of a flexible base member having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, a flexible top member having a lumbar support portion, a midpoint and...

20060143831 - Air mattress control unit: The system of the present invention is a system for supplying air and controlling the flow of air into and out of the chambers of a patient supporting air mattress. It includes an electric motor powered variable speed blower, a two position rotary valve, air mattress supply lines communicating between...

20060143832 - Inflatable device with recessed fluid controller and modified adjustment device: An inflatable device comprising a substantially fluid impermeable bladder is disclosed. The fluid controller comprises an electrically powered pump positioned at least partially within a profile of the bladder. The fluid controller is coupled to the inflatable bladder and is adapted to permit air to exit the bladder through the...