Beds inventions 12/06

20060288480 - Apparatus and method for mounting hospital bed accessories: A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. A siderail through use of an adapter is configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20060288481 - Bed skirt enhancing device: A bed skirt enhancing apparatus for placement adjacent and beneath a bed skirt comprising multiple layers of rigid material gathered and joined together forming a ruffled, multi-layered sheath. The sheath spans a distance sufficient to surround a perimeter of a box spring of a mattress. A band or planar piece... Agent: Law Office Of Mai Vu Pare

20060288482 - System, method, and apparatus for a retractable and concealable support for an item of furniture: A device for providing a dining support that is extendable from and retractable and concealable on furniture is disclosed. The device has a platform that is movable between a deployed position for supporting food and drinks, and a retracted position beneath the furniture. To move device from the retracted position... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20060288483 - Patient repositioning device and method: Patient repositioning device (10) comprising, a patient supporting panel (20), at least one pair of laterally adjustable side support structures (30a,b, 40a,b) for sideways supporting a patient (50) on the supporting panel (20). To achieve repeatable repositioning of a patient body (50) each pair of side support structures (30a,b, 40a,b)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060288484 - Headrest assembly with improved adjustability for a massage device: A headrest assembly (212) for supporting a face of a user (16) of a massage device (10) includes a resilient assembly (220) that supports the face of the user (15), a support arm assembly (222) that is secured to the massage device (10), and an adjuster assembly (224) that can... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20060288486 - Contoured body support device: A body support device includes a base section with a wall ergonomically contoured to conform generally to the portion of the human back between the head and lower torso as it reclines in a posture intermediate prone and supine positions. The contoured wall further supports a user in seated and... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20060288485 - M-body body pillow: The sleep support system of the present invention comprises an encompassing support that includes a top support and extensions. The extensions are preferably positioned, and of sufficient stability, to provide an individual with a comfortable sleeping platform along with a measure of support that prevents displacement from the desired sleeping... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20060288487 - Headrest assembly for a massage device with timed support arms and arm connector near the forehead: A headrest assembly (212) for supporting a face of a user (16) of a massage device (10) includes a resilient assembly (220) and a support arm assembly (222). The resilient assembly (220) supports the face (13) of the user. The support arm assembly (222) couples the resilient assembly (220) to... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20060288488 - Support net for persons with fluid element, in particular water: h

20060288489 - Inflatable air cushion: An inflatable air cushion has at least two sets of tension members therein. Each set of tension members includes multiple and parallel tension members. The tensile directions generated by the two sets of tension members are perpendicular. One of the tension members can be a strap member, and the other... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060288492 - Mattress: A mattress.                ... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20060288490 - Reticulated material body support and method: A body support comprising at least one layer of flexible material having a reticulated cellular structure is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more of these layers comprises reticulated visco-elastic foam, and has at least one material property responsive to temperatures in the range of a user's body heat. In... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20060288491 - Reticulated material body support and method: A body support comprising a top layer of flexible visco-elastic material having an exposed convoluted top surface is disclosed. The flexible visco-elastic material can have a reticulated or non-reticulated cellular structure. In some embodiments, one or more other layers of the body support comprises reticulated visco-elastic foam, and can have... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20060282945 - Footboard supporting a stowable bench: A bed frame may include a footboard. The footboard may have two corner posts and at least one cross member that may extend between the corner posts. A platform may be pivotally coupled to the footboard for movement between a stowed position and an extended position. The platform may be... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060282946 - Patient transfer device: A patient transfer device allows diagnostic testing such as X-rays, MRI, CAT scans, etc. to be performed upon a patient while the patient remains on the transfer device. Such a device allows a patient, and especially an injured patient, to remain on the same transfer device during transport to a... Agent: Randall B. Bateman BatemanIPLaw Group

20060282947 - Baby carrier assembly with extending straps: A baby carrier assembly which includes a baby support portion arranged to fit the lower torso of a baby, the support portion including openings through which the legs of the baby extend when the baby is supported upright in the support portion. Two spaced elongated web straps extend upwardly from... Agent: Jensen + Puntigam, P.s.

20060282948 - Folding hammock stand or frame: Four cross member struts, two on each long side of an open hammock frame, permit full collapse of the frame for closure and transportation when the cross member struts are composed of an unbroken tube pivotally connected with a second tube divided into two overlapping sections.... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20060282949 - Multi-purpose furniture article: An article of furniture including a frame, a cushion member, a cover member, and at least one carrying strap. The frame includes first and second opposing end members and a plurality of cross-supports coupled between the end members. Each end member defines a triangle shape having an open center. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20060282950 - Bed covering apparatus and method of manufacture: A dual comfort bed covering apparatus and method of manufacturing are disclosed. In one form, a dual comfort bed coving apparatus includes a first portion including a length, a width, a perimeter edge, and a first material having a first thickness. The apparatus further includes a second portion coupled along... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20060282951 - Pillow and pillow cover: A fast-drying pillow and accompanying pillow cover. The fast-drying pillow is preferably manufactured of a fast-drying material such as nylon. The pillow includes a component for receiving a suspension device to enable the pillow to be suspended for air drying. The pillow cover includes overlapping flaps to minimize the infiltration... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20060282952 - Arched pillow assembly: The arched pillow assembly allows a user to comfortably sleep with an arm underneath his or her head and a pillow without restricting the circulation of blood through the arm. The arched pillow assembly includes a pillowcase that holds a conventional pillow and has two spaced apart pockets attached to... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20060282953 - Portable diaper changing pad with memory foam insert: A portable diaper changing pad with a memory foam insert. The diaper changing pad comprises a mat with a panel having a body of memory foam as a cushion. The memory foam insert preferably comprises a raised head rest section. In one embodiment, the diaper changing pad further comprises two... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20060282954 - Method to produce a mattress core and composed spring applied therewith: Method for producing a mattress core with two flexible supports between which composed springs are installed, each consisting of a wire spring around which is applied a flexible tubular casing of foam. Wire springs are produced with various wire diameters and various outer diameters; foam cases are provided with various... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060282955 - Bolster system and method: A bolster for resisting rolling of a person off of a mattress, comprising a lateral cushion adapted to be disposed proximate and parallel to an edge of the mattress, and a tensile portion having a means for attachment to said lateral cushion, providing a distributed tensile force to resist a... Agent: Steven M. Hoffberg, Esq. Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20060277680 - Vibratable, sound-emitting, and inflatable sleeping bag for providing deep pressure: A vibratable and sound emitting sleeping bag with an inflatable interior lining that may be inflated by the bag's occupant to provide deep pressure to the bag occupant's body when enclosed in the bag. The level of pressure applied to the individual is adjustable by a pump, adapted for control... Agent: Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20060277681 - Multipurpose bag, and methods of constructing and utilizing same: An allpurpose naptime bag that attaches to a standard daycare cot. The bag is provided with straps so when the bag is rolled or folded up it serves as a backpack. A sheet is partially affixed to a blanket, and the sheet has a pouch into which a pillow may... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20060277682 - Attachment for operating table: The present invention provides an attachment for an operating table preferably including two base portions adapted to rest on the frame of an operating table, a frame portion adapted to support a tray within the sterile field during surgery, and at least two support portions extending upwards from the first... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060277683 - Hospital patient support: The patient support with a head end and a foot end comprises a lying surface supported by a frame system. It also comprises a pair of head end siderails, a pair of foot end siderails, a headboard, a footboard, a power system and a communication system. The frame system comprises... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20060277684 - Comfort pillow: In some embodiments, a pillow including a viscoelastic sleeve defining a cavity and filler material positioned within the cavity is disclosed. In other embodiments the pillow includes a sleeve in which is received viscoelastic filler material, or includes a viscoelastic sleeve in which is received other type(s) of filler material.... Agent: Timothy M. Kelley Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20060277685 - Cushioning system with parallel sheets having opposing indentions for linear deflection under load: A cushion comprises a first surface made of flexible high polymer resin; a second surface made of flexible high polymer resin, in at least partially coextensive relation to the first surface to define a cavity therebetween, the coextensive relation defining opposing corresponding portions of the first and second surfaces; a... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20060277686 - Bedding or seating product made with coil springs having unknotted end turns: Disclosed herein is a bedding or seating product having a spring core comprising coil springs having unknotted end turns made from high tensile strength wire. In each embodiment, the end turns of the coil springs are generally U-shaped having one leg longer than the other, the legs being joined by... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060272090 - Standing station: The standing station is used as a patient transfer tool, or as a strengthening tool. The standing station uses a leg abutment pad as a weight bearing surface that allows the patient to semi-kneel during transfers and essentially eliminates the risk of patient falls. The standing station uses an ordinary... Agent: Eric E. Woodward

20060272091 - Crib having multiple bases: A crib has a base portion, base connector, crib side sections extending from the base portion and crib legs to support the base portion and the crib side sections above the ground. A front stationary crib side middle section, a back stationary crib side middle section and the base connector... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060272092 - Beach blanket: A beach blanket comprising at least one hole for receiving an umbrella so that when the shaft of the umbrella is positioned over the blanket, the canopy of the umbrella provides shade over the blanket. The blanket further includes an upper side, a lower surface and a peripheral edge wherein... Agent: Vorys Sater Seymour Pease

20060272093 - Device for ensuring users adequate coverage from a blanket or sheet: A blanket or cover that includes additional material on the top portions to inhibit one user from the taking top portion of the cover from a second user. The blanket is split generally down the middle from the top to about half of the length of blanket. Additional material is... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20060272094 - Safety blanket assembly: A safety blanket assembly includes a blanket and a frame that engages the blanket to limit the distortion or bundling of the blanket. The blanket has an outer perimeter that is surrounded by a border to receive a substantially U-shaped frame. The frame is insertable into the hollow border of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20060272095 - Cardiopulmonary assist device: The present invention deals with a simple device to aid in cardiac compression to assist in reestablishing normal heart rhythm. The design and size of the device is particularly useful in morbidly obese individuals that require cardiac compressions in order to optimize resuscitation efforts.... Agent: Forrest L. Collins

20060272096 - Finger-pressure panel for the sole of a foot: A finger-pressure panel for the sole of a foot, includes a supporting element having an inclined upper face with a slope. A buffering pad is positioned on the inclined upper face, and a metal finger-pressure plate having a plurality of finger-pressure projections on a surface thereof is positioned on the... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20060272097 - Vibrating patient support apparatus with a resonant referencing percussion device: A vibrating patient support apparatus has a resonant referencing percussion device preferably located internally to a cover of a mattress of the apparatus. The percussion device delivers a percussion or vibration at a controlled operating frequency that is preferably slightly less than a resonant frequency located internal to the mattress... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20060272098 - Composite foam mattress assembly: A method of building and marketing composite foam mattress assemblies and a resulting bed in which the properties of the mattress may be modified in the sectors of the mattress and in the zones of the mattress.... Agent: David B. Abel Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.