Beds inventions 01/07

20070017025 - Folding play yard: A folding play yard which includes a generally horizontal upper frame comprised of members including end sections pivotally connected to latches for maintaining the end sections in horizontal alignment when the play yard is deployed. A lower frame is comprised of a vertically moveable central release mechanism and diagonal braces... Agent: Roth & Goldman, P.A.

20070017026 - Hammock support frame: A collapsible hammock support is disclosed which comprises a pair of generally parallel horizontal support members, each having connected thereto at each end thereof a pair of upright support members. Each upright support member is connected to one of the horizontal support member by pivoting support member connecting means. The... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070017027 - Beach bucket kit: A beach bucket kit for use on the beach is provided which includes a bucket, a beach mat, stakes for anchoring the beach mat, and at least one beach towel. The kit may optionally contain a number of items used on the beach including suntan lotion, water bottles, frisbees, hair... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070017028 - Fitted ruffle: A fitted ruffle includes a fitted sheet and a ruffle attached to the fitted sheet. The fitted sheet covers a cushion, box springs or mattress, generally conforms thereto, and maintains the sheet and ruffle in relatively fixed position as so covered.... Agent: H. Dale Langley, Jr. The Law Firm Of H. Dale Langley, Jr. PC

20070017029 - Hospital beds with a rotating sleep surface that can translate into a chair configuration: A vehicle for use in hospitals, and the like, giving better mobility, steering, braking and passenger handling while providing comfort to the passengers from the time they lay down until they are standing on the side through the rotation and tilting ability of the frame.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070017030 - Accessory support for a stretcher: A stretcher with a mattress is supported by a frame. A segment of an elongated rail member is spaced apart from the mattress a sufficient distance to enable an accessory support mounted on the segment to be moved free from interference from the mattress. A cable support is aligned with... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070017031 - Pillow and method of building a pillow: A pillow cover and method of building a pillow. The pillow cover includes a body and a plurality of optional appendages and accessories. The body includes a first side and a second side secured together and an opening on one of the first side and the second side, the opening... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070017032 - Mattress assembly: A mattress assembly is provided that includes an adjustable width.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070017033 - Mattress having a zoned spring unit with firmness indicating zones formed by a multiple colored top panel: A zoned mattress including at least a head firmness zone, a leg firmness zone between the head and leg firmness zones overlaid by a knit top fabric knit from threads of at least two different colors to define three different firmness indicating areas corresponding to the three firmness zones of... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070017034 - Method of assembling mattresses using plastic tab fasteners: The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to mattress components coupled together by plastic fasteners. In particular, the mattress component comprise elements relating to the foam encasement of the innerspring mattress core. In various embodiments, the invention pertains to a method of assembling portions of the foam encasement using plastic... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070017035 - Mattress and coil-in-coil assembly: A mattress and coil-in-coil assembly. The mattress includes a cover, a frame, a plurality of spacing coils, and a plurality of coil-in-coil assemblies. The coil-in-coil assembly includes a first coil and a second coil positioned substantially within the first coil. The second coil is pocketed and projects out of a... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070011809 - Foldable baby crib: A foldable baby crib includes a top frame unit, a bottom frame unit, a plurality of support rods, each of which has a top end segment connected to the top frame unit, and a bottom end segment opposite to the top end segment, and a plurality of foot members, each... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070011810 - Examination table with variable tilt: In at least one embodiment, the invention includes an examination table for supporting a patient to allow the patient to undergo examination, comprising: a platform having a first side and a second side, a first leaf hinged to the first side, a second leaf hinged to the second side, and... Agent: Office Of The Staff Judge Advocate U.s. Army Medical Research And Materiel Command

20070011811 - Bed tilting apparatus: A bed elevating apparatus is provided which includes a mechanism for elevating a longitudinal side of a bed while the other side remains in place and acts as a pivot. The act of alternating the side of the bed that is raised shifts the pressure between the person and the... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20070011812 - Anti-snore sleep positioning method and devices: A barrier device for sleep positioning including, in one embodiment, an elongated body to be placed atop a head-contacting surface of a pillow so as to define generally a boundary between a left side and a right side of the pillow, and at least one attachment device for securing the... Agent: Mendelsohn And Associates, P.C.

20070011813 - Self-ventilating and self-cooling variable geometry pillow: A self-ventilating and self-cooling variable geometry pillow comprising a middle module comprising a core composed of an open-cell shape memory material and a cores-envelope that surrounds the core; a first outer module connected to the middle module, the first outer module comprising a core composed of an open-cell shape memory... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070011814 - Surgical table attachment: The present invention provides an armboard attachment for supporting a humerus of a patient placed on a surgical table. The armboard attachment comprises a humerus support board for horizontally and laterally positioning the humerus of a patient on an upper surface thereof. The humerus support board has a central cut-out... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070011815 - Cellular cushion: A cellular cushion includes a base and a plurality of hollow cells. The base includes at least a first layer and a second layer. The hollow cells are coupled to the base and extend outwardly from the base within at least one region. Each of the cells within each region... Agent: Kevin Gerard Fraser

20070011816 - Cushion for baby carriage: In a cushion of a baby carriage seat comprising a head pad in a head support region; a lumber pad in a lumber support region; and a buttock pad in a buttock support region, the lumber pad and the buttock pad are separated about a longitudinal direction. The lumber pad... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070011817 - Mattress assembly: A mattress assembly is provided that includes an adjustable width.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070011818 - Corner guard for box spring: A corner guard arrangement for a box spring, the corner guard arrangement having first and second members formed of a sheet material and being interlocked together, the interlocking arrangement being such that the first and second members are in sliding engagement to permit adjustment for different height box springs, one... Agent: Eric Fincham

20070006381 - Support and transfer apparatus for transport of an incapacitated individual: A patient lift and extraction apparatus includes adjustable, generally parallel legs connected by a cross member having a support member with a projecting boom. The support member may be adjustably located between the legs. A patient lift strap in the boom supports a patient in combination with a patient sling.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070006382 - Osteopathic pillow: The pillow (10) comprises a body (12) made of an elastically deformable material provided with a top side (14) upon which the head of a user can be rested, and an underside (16) for being placed upon a pillow support. The top side (14) is joined to the underside (16)... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20070006383 - Mattress with substantially uniform fire resistance characteristic: A fire resistant (FR) mattress comprising a core comprising a first densified nonwoven fiber batt, and a ticking comprising a first fabric, the ticking enclosing the core and the fill layer, wherein the core and the ticking consist essentially of a common fiber composition having substantially identical FR characteristic, thereby... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070006384 - Seating/sleeping systems and methods: A seating/sleeping system includes: a lower support layer; a cushion that is located above the support layer and that is supported by the support layer, the cushion being configured to support buttocks of a person sitting on the seating/sleeping system; a back support layer that is located above the lower... Agent: Sami O. Malas

20070006385 - Double chambered air mattress: A double chambered transfer mattress is provided capable of partial deflation that that includes a top inflatable mattress and a bottom inflatable mattress that are separated by a common wall from one another. A selectable inlet/outlet valve is arranged for airflow communication between an interior chamber of the bottom inflatable... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment

20070006387 - Buffer assembly for a pressure sensitive switch: A buffer assembly includes a housing adapted to sealingly connected to the pressure switch and defining therein a chamber and an airway defined in a bottom face of the housing to communicate with an interior of the housing so as to communicate with an inlet of the pressure switch. Pressure... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070006386 - Heat sink structure for air mattress: A heat sink structure for air mattress mainly has a control unit having an air pump which is a powered device for supply of compressed air, and a controlling valve which is a fluid connector for selecting some of components to connect; and an air mattress having many groups of... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070006388 - Inflatable device for turning people on their side and back again: The present invention provides a portable device for rotating bed-ridden patients from their back to their side with little or no assistance from the care provider. The device comprises of a base material, a plurality of elongated air chambers interconnected on the base material consisting of five independent air chambers... Agent: Bobie Kenneth Townsend

20070000045 - Multipurpose furniture structure: A bed accessory is made to resemble a house (FIG. 1) or castle (FIG. 3). It is composed of structure that forms a bed-receiving opening (36, 36′) adjacent to a storage space that is divided into compartments. A front compartment includes shelves (60, 62). A storage space behind the front... Agent: Delbert J. Barnard

20070000046 - Convertible bed having separable interleaved tongues: A convertible bed frame capable of being converted between sofa and bed states while interlocking tongues forming the seating portion allow the bed to be either a single or double bed.... Agent: Richard L. Mikesell, Esq.

20070000047 - Sofa with flip-up spring deck: This invention is directed to a sofa with a flip-up deck. The sofa has a sofa frame with a back, a front, and a pair of opposed arms. The deck is rotatably coupled between the pair of opposed arms at a position intermediate the front and the back. Further, the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070000048 - Pneumatic lift and method for transferring an invalid patient: A pneumatic lift including at least three jacking-mattresses stacked one atop another and arranged in air flow communication with one another where a top one of the jacking mattresses defines a foot end with a pouch-flap secured to that foot end so as to form a pocket. At least one... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment

20070000049 - Apparatus for patient mobility: An apparatus for repositioning bedridden patients with: a base, vertical and horizontal movements, and lifting portion; telescoping legs extending outward from the base with wheels affixed to each leg; detachable clamps affixed to each leg and capable of removeably attaching to a bed; the horizontal movement containing a roller and... Agent: Plager Law Offices

20070000050 - Air mattress assembly having heating device: An air mattress assembly is provided herein, which mainly contains an air mattress, a blanket member, and a mattress cover. The blanket member is laid flatly on top of the air mattress, which contains a heating wire, a cotton blanket, and an insulating cover. The heating wire is layout on... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070000051 - Companionship device: A bed covering with a preprinted image of a companion in a realistic pose lying on the bed covering is provided. A pillow covering or pillow is also printed with the head or head and torso of the companion to simulate the companion lying on the bed covering. A user... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070000052 - Garment for protection from inclement weather: The present invention provides a garment for protecting a user's feet and legs from inclement weather, particular during activities such as hunting or attending an outdoor spectator sport in cold or wet conditions. The garment may comprise a blanket portion for covering the user's lower extremities, as well as a... Agent: Frost Brown Todd LLC

20070000053 - Bed sheet assembly: A bed sheet assembly has a bed sheet and a pad cover. The pad cover is detachably connected to the bed sheet with a first connection device and adapted to detachably mount on and enclose a mattress. Accordingly, the bed sheet assembly is conveniently assembled or disassembled and is easily... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070000054 - Sanitary massage bath: There is disclosed an invention that provides a tub or footbath capable of receiving one or both of a patient's feet within the leg section of a table or chair and an indirect means to provide turbulent water to massage the feet.... Agent: Dennis A Bennett

20070000055 - Adjustable bed and methods thereof: An adjustable bed comprises a stationary bed frame and a movable bed frame. A portion of the stationary bed frame is coupled to a portion of a plurality of actuator devices and a portion of the movable bed frame is coupled to a portion of the actuator devices. A power... Agent: David Landman, Ph.d.

20070000056 - Stretcher: The present invention relates to a stretcher which includes cot sides 160 and 162. These can be moved towards or away from the patient support to accommodate patients of greater width than average. The stretcher also includes a leg support that can be moved to a shock position by a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070000057 - Stretcher apparatus: A trailing wheel assembly is moved such that its wheels 164 come into contact with the ground prior to loading the stretcher into an ambulance. Forward loading wheels 50 support the front of the stretcher on the ambulance floor 160. The undercarriage 12 is then raised and the stretcher is... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070000058 - Tilting bed: A bed includes a deck assembly that is supported by a base assembly. The base assembly includes a tilting actuator assembly. The base assembly is coupled to the deck assembly so that the deck assembly can be tilted from a prone position to an upright position. The base assembly and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070000059 - Tilting furniture: A piece of furniture includes a deck or seat assembly that is supported by a base assembly. The base assembly includes a tilting actuator assembly. The base assembly is coupled to the deck or seat assembly so that the deck or seat assembly can be tilted from a prone or... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070000060 - Sag stopper: A mattress system comprising a body having a three dimensional shape; said body further having a first side and a second side, wherein said first side is configured and dimensioned to be in contact with a supportive surface, and said second side is configured and dimensioned to be in contact... Agent: Lillie Law, LLC

20070000061 - Inflatable product provided with electric air pump: An inflatable product that includes a chamber and an electric air pump for inflating the chamber. The air pump has an air intake and an air outlet. The air intake is connected to the outside of the chamber and the air outlet is connected to the inside of the chamber... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070000062 - Nest-like air mattress: A nest-like mattress is disclosed. The mattress comprises a multiple compartments and a nest-like fitting characterized in that the multiple inner compartments are soft, air-filled sac structure and are fitted within an individual cavity of the nest-like fitting, each air-filled inner compartment is provided with an independent nozzle, and the... Agent: Leong C Lei