Beds inventions 08/06

20060191069 - Articulated furnishing system: An articulated furnishing system consisting of a reconfigurable mattress and a foundation composed of multiple separable components. The articulated furnishing system is adaptable between a bed configuration, a seating area configuration, and a work surface configuration through re-arrangement and re-orientation of the multiple separable components. A light box associated with...

20060191070 - Patient support pad with repositionable pressure source: An apparatus for supporting a patient includes a pad having a first side, a second side, and a fluid chamber configured to receive fluid under pressure. The apparatus also has a pressure source operable to deliver pressurized fluid to the fluid chamber and a pouch coupled to the pad. The...

20060191071 - Slide lock for center beam of a bed frame: A bed frame or other structural construction having a locking mechanism to allow two structural members to be affixed and locked together. A first structural member sits atop of the second structural member and has a pair of posts that interfit into a pair of holes formed in the second...

20060191072 - Apparatus and method for relocating a medical examination table: A transportation cart for relocating a medical examination chair or table comprises a chassis having an open end that defines a receiving area for positioning a base of a medical examination table therebetween. A table support member extends upwardly from the chassis to engage structural portions of the examination table,...

20060191073 - Nursing care bed with wheel chair facility: A nursing care bed with a wheel chair facility that comprises a bed frame including a head board, a first bed body and a second bed body, the first bed body and second bed body extending longitudinally of the bed frame and spaced away from each other and each of...

20060191074 - Diaper changing article: A diaper changing article comprising a flat circular body preferably having a plurality of fold lines therein, wherein the body is adapted to be folded about the fold lines to open and close the changing article; preferably, a storage area radially arranged about a center of the circular body, wherein...

20060185077 - Stackable cot assembly with attached end pieces: In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a cot assembly that includes side pieces, supporting end pieces and bedding material. Preferably the cot assembly holds the end pieces a spaced apart distance, and in one feature allows a side piece to be selectively released. In one embodiment, the end...

20060185078 - Patient turning aid: A patient turning aid for assisting a health care assistant in turning, pivoting, raising or otherwise moving a patient while he or she is laying in a bed having one or more side rails, such as those commonly used in hospitals and other medical facilities. The patient turning aid has...

20060185079 - Folding chair cot for use with emergency vehicles: The present invention relates to a collapsible emergency vehicle chair cot that includes a support system and a movement system. The support system is a retractable system disposed on the bottom of the cot to support the chair cot during transportation. For example, one embodiment of a support system includes...

20060185080 - Method and apparatus to help individuals with limited mobility status: Apparatus for assisting an individual with limited mobility status includes a harness adapted to fit around the torso of the individual, an anchoring device attached to the harness, a runner, and a cable having a first end connected to the anchoring device and a second end connected to the runner...

20060185081 - Kit and assembly useful for infants: A kit is provided for enabling the assembly of structures useful for infants, for example playpens and cribs. The kit includes a plurality of cross-members, bars and corner modules. Each bar is in the form of at least one upright having spacer elements at longitudinal ends thereof. The cross-members have...

20060185082 - Play yards and methods of operating the same: Play yards and methods of operating the same are disclosed. A disclosed example includes a lower frame having a collapsed position and an erected position; an upper frame having a collapsed position and an erected position; and a plurality of posts joining the upper frame and the lower frame. The...

20060185083 - Reciprocating movement platform for the external addition of pulses to the fluid channels of a subject: An apparatus comprising a mattress, a mattress support, cast shoes, a footboard support, a drive for causing the reciprocating movement, and a box frame to contain and support the reciprocating movement platform is disclosed. The apparatus provides medical treatments, which are also described, by externally applying periodic acceleration to the...

20060185084 - Frames mattress: The present invention concerns a frame mattress comprising a frame (1) with a spring inlay (3) surrounded by the frame, and a material (2) over the spring inlay, together with a reversible mattress (5), arranged for abutting the material (2), and a cover (7) enveloping the reversible mattress (5) and...

20060185085 - Suspended sleeping bag: The invention relates to a suspended sleeping bag comprising upper and lower parts and fixing elements which are arranged on the foot and head ends thereof, thereby making it is possible to fix at two points which are distant with respect to each other and embodied in the form of...

20060185086 - Pillowcase changing tool: The present invention provides a pillowcase changing apparatus comprising a pair of parallel X brace expanders and a pair of parallel base members. The expanders each include two slats connected at a middle pivot point. The expanders are positioned generally parallel to each other creating a slot for receipt of...

20060185087 - Rigid patient support element for low patient skin damage when used in a radiation therapy environment: A rigid patient support element that is substantially transparent to high energy x-radiation comprising a structural core and one or more perforated face sheets attached to at least one of the top side or bottom side of the element. The support element reduces Compton scattering thereby reducing patient skin damage....

20060185088 - Movable patient bathing apparatus: A rectangular structure on wheels has a first and second slab. The first slab supports the patient's washing apparatus including heated water tank, an air blower and waste water tank. The second or top slab spaced apart above the first slab has an attached hinged back rest and is covered...

20060185089 - Mobile transport device: A convertible wheeled chair is easily changed by an attendant into a gurney of the same height as a patient bed. During the process of transferring a patient from an upright position to a reclining position, convertible wheeled chair shifts the center of gravity of the patient rearwardly, and therefore...

20060185090 - Modular multi-articulated patient support system: A modular, multi-articulated patient support system includes independently adjustable columns connected by an adjustable base and supporting a patient support structure. Each column includes rotation, angulation and separation adjustment structure. The patient support may be raised, lowered and rotated about a longitudinal axis in either horizontal or tilted orientation. The...

20060185091 - Modular multi-articulated patient support system: A modular, multi-articulated patient support system includes independently adjustable columns connected by an adjustable base and supporting a patient support structure. Each column includes rotation, angulation, separation and lateral travel structure. The patient support may be raised, lowered and rotated about a transversely shiftable longitudinal axis in either horizontal or...

20060185092 - Head clamp releasable locking device: A device for positioning and locking a head clamp in a selective position including a first arm, a second arm and a third arm. The third arm having a free end including both a spherical member carried in a socket and including a mounting tube and a gripping device to...

20060185093 - Cushion pad: A cushion pad includes a cushion body made of flexible material such as sponge, foam, resilient fibers or resilient rubber and has a slot defined therethrough. An inclined surface is defined in a front portion of a top of the cushion body. The slot is located corresponding to the user's...

20060179565 - Classic all in 1 musical baby bed: This bed comes with two mattresses standard or custom made. For babies comfort eight drawers five and a half inches deep for convience musical play set for babies enjoyment. Also a separation bar to convert. Multiple births and stair-step children are a substantial aspect of this countries child birth pattern....

20060179566 - Combination air and spring mattress for a sofa sleeper: This invention is directed to a mattress assembly for use in a sofa sleeper. The mattress assembly has an outer shell and an inner support received within the outer shell. The shell includes a lower panel, a sidewall, and a cover that fit together to form a cavity to receive...

20060179567 - Helping hand chair: A chair that is mobile due to locking rollers located on each of the four legs of the chair. The seated portion or other supporting portions of the chair moves vertically and can be lowered to the floor to access a person who has fallen. The moveable portions are moved...

20060179568 - Multi-purpose infant care device: A multi-purpose infant care device includes a generally oblong container for bathing the infant, a storage member for storing infant accessories, products, and supplies, the storage member disposable within the container. A lid securely engages the container to secure the storage member within the container. The lid defines a recess...

20060179569 - Side rail pad/panel system for patient support apparatus: Methods and apparatus to occlude openings and spaces of side rails are provided. One embodiment includes a pad body panel having attachment openings each defining a pivot axis. The embodiment includes follower slots in the pad body panel each to receive a bracket pivot of a pivot arm, each follower...

20060179570 - Bed cover with isolated chambers capable of being moved apart: A bed cover (1) with isolated or quilted chambers (3) running parallel to one edge (2) of the bed cover and filled with a heat-insulating material, which is useable in both summer and winter based on different positioning thereof. For this, the neighboring separate chambers (3) are attached, especially sewn,...

20060179571 - Transferable patient care equipment support: A patient care equipment support includes power and data connectors configured to be coupled to power and data connectors of patient care equipment when the patient care equipment is coupled to the equipment support to provide a power coupling and a data coupling between the patient care equipment and the...

20060179572 - Side sleeping pillow: A pillow is shaped to encourage a sleeper to sleep on a side, rather than on the back. This is accomplished by providing a pair of arms extending forwardly from a head support. The arms are spaced apart less than the width of the sleeper's shoulders so it is uncomfortable...

20060179573 - Nissen pillow: An apparatus and method for properly positioning a patient to allow rapid and effective endotracheal intubation during an anesthetic induction is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of inflatable sections for supporting the patient's head and upper back, where the inflatable sections are independently inflatable and deflatable with respect to...

20060179574 - Adjustable pillow for supporting an infant: A pillow that provides support for an infant, especially during feeding. The pillow is preferably adjustable to accommodate for the varying lengths and thicknesses of different caretakers' arms. Further preferably, the pillow is also adjustable to help secure the pillow about the upper portion of the caretaker's arm. Still further...

20060179575 - Convertible nursing bag: A nursing bag, which has a padded nursing surface that can gently support an infant, a cavity into which baby-care products may be placed, and optionally a stiffening system in the cavity that provides rigidity when the nursing surface is under the weight of an infant. A nursing cover may...

20060179576 - Patient helper apparatus: A patient helper apparatus that is attachable to a hospital bed is provided. The apparatus includes a bracket that is mountable on the hospital bed, a support arm rotatably mountable on the bracket, and a handle assembly that can be gripped by a patient....

20060179577 - Body support comfort device: An adjustable, inflatable surface comfort device to be used with shaped body support devices or as a stand alone comfort device such as a mattress. The surface comfort device comprises an inflatable bladder having a shape and size to substantially cover at least one support surface of a shaped body...

20060179578 - Inflatable bed: An inflatable bed includes an inflatable main chamber having a top panel, a top cover attached to the top panel of the main chamber to define a sealed chamber between the top cover and the top panel, and a padding provided in the sealed chamber. The padding provides a solid...

20060179579 - System and method for maintaining air inflatable mattress configuration: A system and method for maintaining an air inflation mattress configuration sufficient for patient support and comfort. Infrared illumination levels are measured within individual or groups of inflated mattress chambers. A staggered approach to illumination monitoring of chambers or sections to eliminate crosstalk between the infrared sensors is carried out....

20060179580 - Inclined mattress pad: A full length mattress pad is provides improved patient support for all parts of the user's body through provision of a support surface supplement for use with existing support surfaces, such as for use on top of a conventional mattress or hospital bed. The pad has a body of resilient...

20060174405 - Patient transfer and transport bed: The present invention is a transfer and transport device and method for moving a patient from a bed to another location within a medical facility. The transport device includes an integral transfer mechanism for transferring a patient from a hospital bed to the device and back....

20060174406 - Collapsible base frame for playyard: A collapsible base frame for playyard, comprising a control device pivotally connected between a first lower frame assembly and a second lower frame assembly. The control device including a joint having a push-button for controlling a positioner to precisely and accurately manipulate the first and second lower frame assembly between...

20060174407 - Easy to assemble bed base, two-component connector & kit: A bed base and bed base kit includes four side members, each being symmetrical about its longitudinal axis. The side members are assembled into a rectangular structure with the members positioned to stand vertically upright on their edges. Opposed side members are of the same length and are connected at...

20060174408 - Hide away bed rail: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion...

20060174409 - Blanket for use during bodyworking or massage: The blanket for use during bodyworking or massage is a blanket having laterally extending slits defined therein that define an upper portion and a lower portion of the blanket, and an axially extending slit medially disposed in the lower portion defining individual leg drapes. The slits enable the left and...

20060174410 - Weighted blanket: The present invention relates to a blanket or cover with a weighted perimeter or border for covering mammals or humans. The blankets or covers of variable thickness and/or weight and made of various known materials or fabrics having a weighted perimeter or border provide an “anchoring” ability to keep the...

20060174411 - Travel pillowcase, pillow system and kit: A travel pillowcase, pillow system and kit. The travel pillowcase includes a first sheet of a water resistant fabric and a second sheet of a substantially flexible water resistant fabric disposed in substantially parallel relation to the first sheet. A substantial portion of the outer edges of the first and...

20060174412 - Patient table: In order to make it possible for a patient to easily and safely mount a patient table in a manner which requires little effort, at least one, especially extendable and retractable and/or fold-up and fold-down step is integrated into a patient mounting aid in the inventive patient table. In the...

20060174413 - Substitutive pillow: In a substitutive pillow formed in mimicry of human torso and arm, the arm part includes an upper arm part 2a mimicking a human upper arm and a forearm part 2b mimicking a human forearm which is capable of bending relatively with the upper arm part 2a. By this structure,...

20060174414 - Pillow: A pillow adapted for supporting the head of a user. In some embodiments, the pillow can have a visco-elastic body having a center portion elevated with respect to adjacent lateral side portions, each of which can have a recess. The recess can have a concave shape in both lateral and...

20060174415 - Portable diaper changing cot: A portable diaper changing cot consisting of a light weight nested triple folding frame and integrally attached canvass or cloth cover which can easily be carried and utilized to provide a comfortable and sanitary surface on which a baby or child can be laid for diaper changing. The portable diaper...

20060174416 - Multi-chamber inflatable bed with unidirectional air inlet unit between chambers: An inflatable bed includes an enclosure member defining a receiving space, an inner partition sheet disposed within the enclosure member and dividing the receiving space into first and second chambers, an air valve attached to the enclosure member and communicating fluidly with the first chamber, and a unidirectional air inlet...

20060174417 - Multiple chamber fluid pressurizable mattress: The present invention comprises a fluid pressurizable multiple chamber mattress wherein each chamber is capable of operably receiving and releasing a fluid, comprising a first covering sheet, at least two fabric layers positioned upon the inner surface of the first covering sheet, the inner surfaces of the fabric layers being...

20060168722 - Enclosure assembly for a safe zone surrounding a mattress: A enclosure assembly with a support for a mattress of a bed to accommodate a person on the mattress, the enclosure assembly including a framework having connectors to secure the framework in an upstanding relation peripherally about the mattress, the framework including corner posts each extending a generally common distance...

20060168723 - Jacknife bed and couch for mobile vehicle: A combination jackknife bed and couch for a mobile vehicle. The jackknife bed and couch allows drivers to wake up and fold their sheets and pillow away from a seamless sleeping surface without the need to remove the sheets, blankets, pillows or other bedding materials. The sheets stay made within...

20060168724 - Finger grip assembly for moving large appliances: The finger grip assembly for moving large appliances provides a user with a place to grasp the appliance at its sides and slide the appliance forward on a floor or other support surface. The finger grips are arcuately shaped cups disposed on opposing sidewalls of the appliance. The cups each...

20060168725 - Retainer system for adjustable beds: The invention is directed to a mattress retainer system for adjustable beds which includes a mattress-retention bracket housed within a pocket of a mattress accessible in an upward direction through an opening along a bottom edge of the mattress. The pocket is formed by attaching a separate piece of material...

20060168726 - Toddler bed safety top sheet: A bed safety sheet for use on mattresses and particularly beneficial for use on a toddler bed is disclosed. The bed safety sheet includes a securement pocket at one end and side flaps along opposed sides which drape down over opposed sides of the mattress. The side flaps may include...

20060168727 - Birthing support apparatus: A stirrup apparatus for use on a birthing bed is provided. The support apparatus has a bracket configured to be coupled to the birthing bed, an adjustable length member, and a foot support. The bracket is pivotable in a plurality of axes to allow the support apparatus to be adjusted....

20060168728 - Bariatric patient management system: A bariatric bed having extensible side portions and extensible end portions which facilitate an expansion of the overall width and length of the bed to comfortably support an obese patient, the side portions capable of being retracted to reduce the overall width of the bed to fit through a standard...

20060168730 - Hospital bed: 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....

20060168729 - Hospital bed and mattress having extendable foot section: A bed having a frame, a deck, and a siderail. The deck having a head seat and foot sections. The head, seat, and foot sections movable relative to each other;...

20060168731 - Mattress assembly including adjustable length foot: 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....

20060168732 - Patient support device for medical equipment: An object of the present invention is to provide sanitary patient support device of medical equipment such as the headrest, chinrest, and head support constituted of antimicrobial material, to fulfill the desire to improve hygiene. The present invention of patient support device of medical equipment, as the headrest, chinrest, and...

20060168733 - Infant positioner for reducing risk of overheating in infants: An infant positioner comprising a mat and supporting opposed pillows. This combination creates a cradle for positioning an infant within the device. While the infant rests or sleeps in the device, ventilating channels are provided in each of the opposed pillows for regulating the temperature of the infant and, thereby,...

20060168735 - Air cushion with selectively deflated chambers: An air cushion with selectively deflated chambers has a base, multiple air pouches, multiple attachment devices, at least two air tube, an air pump and a cover sheet. The air pouches are mounted on the base, and each air pouch has an inner space and multiple compression straps. The inner...

20060168734 - Inflating and deflating cellular support cushion and methods of use thereof: The present invention relates to inflating and deflating cellular support cushions and methods of use thereof for providing comfort and protecting against the development of pressure sores and bedsores for persons who are bed ridden or use a wheelchair for long periods of time. The present invention is particularly adaptable...

20060168736 - Pressure relief surface: The present invention includes a pressure relief patient support for use in combination with a bed frame. The pressure relief support surface includes a plurality of layers of a three-dimensional fiber material positioned above a plurality of vertical air cells....