Beds inventions 02/07

20070039099 - Adjustable mattress foundation: An adjustable mattress foundation comprises a lower frame, an upper frame, and a plurality of movable supports attached to the lower frame or the upper frame. The movable supports are adapted to maintain the upper and lower frames in spaced apart relation and are further adapted to permit vertical movement... Agent: Robert M. Lanning Legal Department, M-495

20070039100 - Bed with articulated barrier elements: The present invention relates to a bed, in particular a hospital bed, fitted with a plurality of adjacent individual barrier elements along at least one of its longitudinal sides, the barrier elements extending vertically and each occupying a fraction of the length of the bed.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070039101 - Specialized tabletops for medical imaging: A system of interchangeable specialized tabletops for medical imaging, such as tomographic imaging, is constructed with features that permit improvements in patient imaging and treatment specific to a particular anatomy of interest. Such features include cutaways, holes and removable structures, ramps and integrated devices that allow access to tissues for... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20070039102 - Lumbar back support device: A lumbar support pillow for supporting the lumbar spine of a person. The support pillow includes a fillable elongate first chamber longitudinally configured to engage and support the person along the longitudinal axis of the person's lumbar spine in a manner substantially conforming to the natural curvature of the spine... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070033732 - Millennium power napping system: A two hand held, fleece covered, foam pad, which when held in the hands, molds and contours around the chin or face of the user, to support the head for the purpose of napping anywhere.... Agent: Bryant Kelley Wooten Sr.

20070033733 - Mattress air-conditioning system: A mattress air-conditioning system is disclosed to include a mattress, a main breathing tube embedded in the mattress, a plurality of branch breathing tubes symmetrically perpendicularly extending from the main breathing tube at two sides and embedded in the mattress, and a hot/cold air blower disposed outside the mattress and... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070033734 - Sham for a travel pillow: A sham for a travel pillow has a bottom panel, a left panel with three edges sewn to the bottom panel forming a left pocket, and a right panel with three edges sewn to the bottom panel forming a right pocket. The right panel overlaps the left panel form a... Agent: John L. James

20070033735 - Radiation treatment table and method for prone breast radiation treatment: A method and device for accurately and reproducibly positioning a woman's breast to receive radiation while the woman is positioned in a prone, face-down position upon a radiation treatment table are disclosed. The treatment table is useable with radiation accelerator tables of existing linear accelerator machines. The treatment table includes... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070033736 - Patient support and method for studies of lumbar vertebra rotation: A patient support and software evaluate spinal instability by controlled isocentric rotation of the spine and measurement of rotation among vertebra to detect damaged vertebra having disproportionately large rotations.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070033737 - Self-adjusting head and neck pillow: A head and neck pillow that includes a first crescent-shaped support member, wherein the first crescent-shaped support member further comprises a first arm and a second arm; and, a second crescent-shaped support member pivotally, flexibly, or moveably attached to the first crescent-shaped support member, wherein the second crescent-shaped support member... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070033738 - Air bed having independent air chambers: An air bed having independent air chambers is disclosed for the patients suffering with bedsores. The air bed has multiple air chambers and a pneumatic device, and the multiple air chambers are arranged in matrix on the bed. The pneumatic device includes at least one air pipe. The air chambers... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070033739 - Inflatable support system having thermoplastic polyurethane construction: An inflatable support system comprised of at least one inflatable chamber that is defined by at least a top and a bottom layer of material. At least one of these layers of material is comprised of thermoplastic polyurethane. The inflatable support system includes at least one support structure that is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070022530 - Screened cot enclosure: According to one aspect of the present invention, a net accessory for use with a cot includes (a) a net having an inner surface with a pair of open ended sleeves formed along the inner surface for receiving tension rods; and (b) a plurality of support straps for attachment to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070022531 - Hammock and spreading rod: A fabric for outdoor furniture is formed from synthetic material with a stretch characteristic of 5% to 50%. The fabric may have differential stretch characteristics in a first direction and greater stretch characteristics in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The fabric is preferably warp knitted and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070022532 - Apparatus for enclosing exposure wire parts of spring assembly for bed mattress: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enclosing the exposure wire parts of a spring assembly for a bed mattress which can automate the work process according to the enclosure of the exposure wire parts of a spring assembly, thereby maximizing convenience of the enclosing process and work productivity. According to... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070022533 - Box spring wrap and dust ruffle system: A box spring wrap and dust ruffle system is disclosed. The box spring wrap has a strip of unbroken-loop material to which hooks, of a hook-and-loop fastener system, may be removably attached. The strip extends around the perimeter of the box spring wrap, and has contours corresponding to the locations... Agent: Anderson, Levine & Lintel L.L.P.

20070022534 - Removable and adjustable bed skirt: A bed sheet and a bed skirt combination comprising a sheet of material, said sheet of material adapted to fit over, on and around the top, edges and corners of a mattress, said sheet having a first fastening means, said first fastening means being secured along the outside of side... Agent: Roderick D. Thomas

20070022535 - Adjustable surgical table: A surgical table includes a horizontal patient support with a base extending therefrom and supporting the patient support at a desired height. The surgical table also includes an adjustment platform positioned upon the patient support. The adjustment platform includes a plurality of expansion members adapted to selectively adjust the relative... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20070022536 - Device for supporting a patient to be rested laterally on an x-ray table and an x-ray table: The invention relates to a device for supporting a patient to be supported laterally on an x-ray table with a supporting element comprising a trough-like arched supporting surface and a fastening device for fastening the supporting element to the x-ray table such that the supporting surface continues a reclining surface... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070022537 - Therapeutic posturing process and devices: A process for the therapeutic posturing of infants resides in providing one or more shape retaining cushioning devices having a first surface for receiving at least a part of an infant's body in a given position and one or more second surfaces for inhibiting movement of the given part of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070022538 - Upholstery with spring elements or springs distributed over the area of the upholstery: The invention relates to an upholstery with spring elements (6) or springs (5) distributed over the area of the upholstery, which spring elements (6) or springs (5) are enclosed in chambers (K) with walls of non-woven fabric, with covering layers (31, 32) that span the face sides of the spring... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070022539 - Article with expandable bladder: Described is an article comprising a substantially flat piece of material with a first end and a second end. A pocket may be formed at the first end. The pocket may include at least a first opening, and may be configured to receive a bladder. The pocket expands when the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070022540 - Composite mattress assembly and method for adjusting the same: A composite mattress assembly has multiple layers, where one or more of the layers are foam layers and the rest are spring coil mattress layer(s). The composite mattress assembly may be made exclusively of foam layers as well. Any of the layers can be divided into two halves, which is... Agent: Hisako Muramatsu, Esq. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.