Beds inventions 03/07

20070067905 - Patient transport apparatus: A patient transport apparatus. The patient transport apparatus of the present invention is articulated and sized to fit between the body and the open door of virtually all vehicles. Further, the patient transport apparatus uses a height-adjustable seat that is aligned with the vehicle seat to allow for simplified extraction... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070067907 - Baby crib including a top frame unit that can be disassembled: A top frame unit of a baby crib includes a plurality of three-way couplers and a plurality of top frame rods. Each coupler includes a root part and first, second and third tube parts that extend in different directions from the root part. The root part is formed with a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070067906 - Bottom frame assembly for a baby crib: A bottom frame assembly for a baby crib includes pairs of first and second bottom frame rods, and a hub unit that includes stationary and rotary seats. The stationary seat is connected to the first bottom frame rods at diametrically opposite positions of the stationary seat. The rotary seat is... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070067908 - Support for baby: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a support assembly for supporting a baby, the support assembly including: a support element on which a baby is supported in use; a chassis operatively connected to the support element, the chassis including adjusting means to provide adjustment to... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070067909 - Sheet, comforter and pillow cover: A portable sheet, comforter and pillow cover apparatus whose embodiment members of a top and bottom sheet coupled together, with an incorporation of a protective ply member attached to the top and bottom sheet, whose purpose is to shield and protect an individual from harmful body organisms that are commonly... Agent: Gary W. Lampkins

20070067910 - Cover for a heating blanket: A cover includes an enclosure for a heating blanket which is formed between an upper sheet bonded to a lower sheet of the cover. An opening for the enclosure is formed by a panel of the upper sheet which is separable from the lower sheet.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070067911 - Brake system for patient care equipment support arm: A patient care equipment support system (20) includes an arm (70) supported in a hospital room (24) for pivoting movement about a generally vertical axis (98), a patient care equipment column (80) coupled to the arm (70) for movement therewith, and a brake (200) configured to impede the pivoting movement... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070067912 - Patient support deck lifting/lowering assembly: A frame elevating mechanism having first and second frames vertically spaced from one another. The first frame is configured to be supported on a floor surface. The second frame has a pair of longitudinally spaced elongate guide tracks extending coextensively with each lateral side of the second frame. Lever arms... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070067913 - Modular system for assembling electromechanically adjustable supporting devices for upholstery of furniture for sitting or reclining: Modular system for assembling electromechanically adjustable supporting devices for upholstery of furniture for sitting or lying upon, particularly for bed mattresses. The supporting devices, when assembled, have at least two supporting parts, which can be displaced relative to one another and which serve to support the upholstery. Modular system includes... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070067914 - Body support pillow and methods: In one embodiment, a pillow is constructed of a pillow body having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion. The top portion has a curved end and two curved sides that are generally parallel to each other. The middle portion is generally cylindrical in geometry. The bottom... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070067915 - Shaped pillow system: A pillow system including a support section an angled section and a neck support. The angled section is coupled with the support section. The neck support is coupled with the support section or the angled section.... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070067916 - Integrated mattress encasings and apparatuses and methods to encase mattress topper: Mattress cover systems are disclosed. One such system includes a mattress encasing configured to fit snugly over a mattress and a mattress topper encasing coupled to the mattress encasing. The mattress topper encasing is configured to fit snugly around a mattress topper. The mattress cover system restricts the movement of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070067917 - Extruded plastic inner spring suspension system and cushion, pad and mattress: An linear, extruded, inner spring suspension system, mattresses made therewith, and a process of making the inner spring. The linear spring has a thin resilient vertical wall extending longitudinally in the horizontal direction, which may be pleated with at least one (and preferably a plurality) of pleats which extend longitudinally... Agent: Barber Legal

20070061961 - Crib and bassinet assembly: A crib and bassinet assembly is provided for accommodating newborns as well as older babies and children. The assembly includes a crib having opposing sides, each having a top rail. A bassinet is removably coupled to the top rails such that its foot end adjoins one side of the crib... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070061962 - Toy catcher: A unique unit of washable antibacterial net that will surround a baby crib and playpen to catch toys or other articles thrown by babies while in their cribs or playpens. This unit is designed to alleviate the task of bending over to pick-up toys and other objects thrown by babies... Agent: Jonathan Pascual Unit 6

20070061963 - Bedframe support tube: The bedframe support tube is totally new idea, as none others are currently on the market.... Agent: Richard F. Pender

20070061966 - Multiple-entry/egress sleeping bag for adjustable body coverage: A sleeping bag comprises an elongate shell having an interior space sized and shaped to receive a user therein. A plurality of sealing devices are associated with a corresponding plurality of body segment access openings spaced apart through the shell such that each of the plurality of sealing devices may... Agent: Gilbreth, Roebuck, Bynum, Derrington, Etal.

20070061964 - Muti-entry/egress sleeping bag: A multiple-entry/egress sleeping bag for adjustable body coverage includes a shell which defines an internal space. The shell defines a plurality of body segment access openings through the shell that permit a user to extend various body segments though the shell into or out of the internal space and thereby... Agent: Gilbreth, Roebuck, Bynum, Derrington, Etal.

20070061965 - Sleeping bag: The sleeping bag is an insulated bag for covering and protecting the body of a user when the user is seated. The bag is formed from front and rear fabric sheets joined to one another and sized and shaped to receive the body of the user. At least one pair... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070061967 - Split sheets: A bed cover for use with two persons sharing a bed. The bed cover includes at least one of a sheet, blanket, spread and comforter. The bed cover features a split substantially down a center of such bed cover for a predetermined distance so that each person sharing such bed... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070061968 - Baby sleeping pouch method and apparatus: A resting method and apparatus for a young child. The young child can be either a newborn, infant, or toddler. The resting apparatus will attach to a cushion such as a mattress, or other back supporting device which is generally associated with a crib or other child's sleeping environmental structure.... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070061969 - Textile construction: A fitted sheet for a mattress comprises a rectangular panel of knit material having a central rectangular area extending from one end of said panel to the other end thereof. Side margins flank the central area, and folded under said central area and joined thereto by seams extending across each... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070061970 - Wide head bedding and method for making a bed fitted with wide head bedding: The invention is bedding for covering one or more persons in bed, with extra fabric at the head end of the bed to prevent drafts and to facilitate tucking bedding around bed occupant(s). The wide head bedding has a top edge, a foot edge, two side edges and at least... Agent: Adams Law Office

20070061971 - Medical examination table: A medical examination table is provided. The medical examination table comprises a base providing a storage area, a patient support movable independent of the base between a lowered position and a raised position, and a lift mechanism coupled to the patient support for moving the patient support between the lowered... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070061972 - Device to facilitate controlled rotation of the cervical spine: A device for controlled orientation of a person's cervical spine that is compatible with medical imaging machines. The device is capable of rotation about the axis of a patient's spinal column independent of, or in addition to, flexion/extension of a patient's spinal column. The device may incorporate locking mechanisms to... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070061974 - Active head/neck positioning device: A body support for positioning beneath a patient undergoing endotracheal intubation is dimensioned to extend beneath the patient's torso and head while in a substantially upward-facing prone position. An inflatable bladder is adapted to elevate the patient as the bladder is inflated and thereby expands. An expandable headrest is positioned... Agent: Gregory J. Gore

20070061973 - Wound elevation protection and prevention device: The present invention is a device for alleviating or diminishing pressure on a blemish, wound, decubitus ulcer (also known as pressure ulcer or pressure sore) or surgical site by elevating the affected area above a surface without directly contacting the affected area. An interior filling of the present invention is... Agent: Jacqueline Tadros, P.A.

20070061975 - Pillow device: The present invention provides a pillow having a front surface and an opposed rear surface and a chamber formed within the pillow. An audio recording and emitting device is positioned within the chamber for recording and emitting at least one audio message and includes a power source, a speaker coupled... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070061976 - Dynamically inflatable therapeutic support and methods of using the same: A therapeutic cushion (1) having a plurality of fluid-filled chambers (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), with each chamber having an internal volume that is independently adjustable. In a pillow embodiment, air-filled chambers are dynamically regulated in response to a monitored behavior or characteristic of a resting user. Air cushion (1)... Agent: Brian K. Dinicola

20070061977 - Foldable inflatable furniture: An inflatable item has a body. The body has a chamber therein, and defines an outer edge. An inlet is provided on the body and communicates with the chamber. A groove is cut from the outer edge of the body and extends for a depth into the body. A fold... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070061978 - Support apparatus with gel layer: The invention provides a support apparatus comprising a gel layer. In one embodiment, the gel layer is overlying one or more additional support layers. The gel layer comprises a gel, such as a polyurethane gel, and optionally comprises one or more fillers, which can be a natural or synthetic material.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070056094 - So-called fold-away bed: The invention concerns a so-called fold-away bed, to be used in the fields of camping, seamanship, furnishing of bedsits and in all other dwellings where there is a lack of space, for which reason the components of the furniture must take up a minimum amount of space. Such a bed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070056095 - Method and apparatus for patient transfer: A patient transfer method and apparatus designed to efficiently move a patient from one surface to another. A set of straps connected at one end to a winch are passed beneath the patient and attached to a padded support rod on the other side of the patient. The winch is... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070056096 - Bed pad with polyethylene layer: A bed pad is described comprising a padding layer and at least one sheet layer adjacent to the padding layer. The sheet layer is formed from a web of very fine polyethylene fibers. The padding layer provides support for the patient. The sheet layer comprises a fabric material that is... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070056097 - Bedside bassinettes: A bassinette having a front wall that may selectively be set at a height substantially equal to the height of other walls of the bassinette, or alternatively released to allow the front wall to have a lower height than remaining walls, wherein the method of attachment of a cross-member supporting... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070056098 - Wearable blanket and a swaddling accessory therefor: A swaddling accessory attachable to a wearable blanket for use in swaddling an infant. The wearable blanket can be used with or without the swaddle to give the caregiver the option of using the wearable blanket without the swaddling accessory. The swaddling accessory and wearable blanket are equipped with fasteners... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070056099 - Dust ruffle stabilizer: A dust ruffle stabilizer having a flexible covering for a foundation or box spring. Side sections of the covering include adhesive for removably engaging a corresponding inner side of a skirt of a bed skirt against the adhesive surface the side section.... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070056100 - Woven bed sheet with elastomeric knitted corners: A contoured woven bed sheet (30) includes a woven field (12) and side panels (14, 16, 18, 20), and triangular corner inserts (40) connecting adjacent side panels. The corner inserts are knitted of elastomeric (62) and non-elastomeric (60) yarns. The elastomeric yarns (62) make up about 5% to about 25%... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070056103 - Medical examination table having configurable drawers: A medical examination table includes a pass-through storage drawer which is accessible from either side of the examination table through opposite drawer openings. A drawer front is releasably connected adjacent either end of the drawer to change the access side of the examination table. A cover member is provided to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070056102 - Medical examination table with pullout step: A medical examination table has a step that is movable between a stowed position within the base of the table, to an extending position for use by persons mounting or dismounting the table. Slide members are coupled to the step inboard from the lateral sides of the step, so that... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070056101 - Sensor based mattress/seat for monitoring pressure, temperature and sweat concentration to prevent pressure ulcerations: A system for detecting conditions to prevent a bedsore includes a first sensor to detect a first condition that results in the bedsore and to output a first sensor signal from the first sensor indicative of the first condition that results in the bedsore, a controller to receive the first... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr

20070056104 - multiple level roll-in cot: A multiple level elevating cot adapted to be rolled into emergency vehicles, the cot having a wheeled undercarriage supporting a cot frame having a leading end and a trailing end, The leading end comprises a drop frame adapted to be positionable in extended, middle, collapsed, and lengthened positions. Leg members... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070056105 - Conjoined electrical cords for an examination table: An examination table including an actuatable patient surface comprising electronic components configured to adjust said examination table, a power supply to provide power to said electronic components and an electric power receptacle mounted to said examination table. A first electrical power cord is configured to connect said power supply to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070056106 - Emergency management triage bed: A medical gurney for supporting, transporting and temporarily bedding patients in need of treatment comprising a first frame structure made from a plurality of inter-connected frame members and a porous mesh-type patient-supporting bed surface secured to the first frame structure. A portion of the first frame structure and bed surface... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070056107 - Headphone pillow: A headphone pillow includes a support portion. The support portion is flexible and has a first end and a second end. A first pillow portion has a first pillow ear portion connected to the first end of the support portion. The first pillow portion has a first pillow receive portion.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070056108 - Face rest with gel fill: The present invention relates to a face rest comprising an external containment system (“ECS”) having a fixed internal volume that is substantially filled with a gel fill. The face rest may be used alone or may be permanently or removably attached to a therapy table or other apparatus. The ECS... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070056110 - Inflatable nursing pillow: e

20070056109 - Portable infant feeding and sleeping unit: An infant sleeping and nursing unit is described. The unit includes a base, which includes two side walls and a rear wall and a platform extending between the side walls and the rear wall, where the base is substantially rigid, a cover, where the cover substantially overlays at least the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070056111 - Self-inflating nursing pillow: An expandable nursing pillow is provided together with a method of using same to support an infant during nursing. The expandable pillow can be provided in a compressed state. The expandable pillow is biased to expand from the compressed state to an expanded state. The expandable core in the expanded... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070056112 - Zoned cellular cushion with fail safe inflation zones: A pattern of airflow pathways among inflatable air cells in an inflatable air cell cushion that result in discrete, isolated inflation zones that allow the optimal immersion depth and support of a seated,user when fully inflated and maintain acceptable immersion depth and support of the seated user in the event... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070056113 - Water pad: A water pad is disclosed to include a closed fluid impervious flexible envelope, which defines therein a closed chamber and has a pressure inside within the range from a negative to balance with the atmospheric pressure, a soft, elastic inner pad, which is accommodated in the closed chamber inside the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070056114 - Multi-zone coil construction airbed: An inflatable support system comprising at least one inflatable chamber having an external surface, and electrically powered pump configured to inflate the inflatable chamber, at least one first size coil defined within the inflatable chamber and at least one second size coil defined within the inflatable chamber.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070056115 - Stand alone integrated cushion: The present invention is directed to a stand alone integrated mattress. The system has a self-contained mattress unit, at least one inflatable bladder, at least one fluid source, at least one dispersion unit and at least one control unit. The self-contained mattress unit has at least a head section and... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20070056116 - Mattress with air passageways: A mattress comprises a foam core having therein a plurality of air passageways extending in different directions and in different levels within the core.... Agent: Connors Associates

20070050908 - Methods and systems for patient positioning in an imaging system: Methods and systems for patient positioning in an imaging system are provided. A palette for an imaging system is provided that includes a base portion movably connected to the imaging system and an extender portion removably connected to the base portion. The extender portion together with the base portion supports... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070050909 - Fitted bed sheet and method for making same: A fitted bed sheet includes a sheet body comprised of a blend of cotton and polyester and a bias binding comprised of a blend of cotton, polyester and at least one elastic material.... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.c.

20070050910 - Vibrating patient support apparatus with a spring loaded percussion device: A vibrating patient support apparatus has a spring loaded percussion device preferably for treatment of pulmonary problems of a patient. Preferably, the percussion device is part of a bed mattress and is located beneath an upper cushioning member of the mattress for patient comfort. The percussion device preferably has a... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c.

20070044233 - Portable furniture combination and carrier: A portable furniture combination and carrier comprising a shell having a back wall, a bottom, a first fixed side and a second fixed side, and a flexible base having a first wing detachably connectable to the first fixed side and hingedly connectable to the base and capable of standing perpendicular... Agent: Enrique G. Estevez

20070044234 - Multi-purpose convertible bed assembly: The present invention discloses an improved multi-purpose convertible bed assembly. The bed assembly main components include a head board, foot board, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a mattress support frame. The mattress support frame comprises a first bed frame and a second bed frame of substantially... Agent: Delphine M. James

20070044235 - Easily assembled bed frame: A bed frame that can be assembled without the use of additional tools. The bed frame generally comprises a pair of spaced side rails, retainer brackets secured to each side rail, and cross support members extending between the side rails. Each retainer bracket has a base section for supporting one... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070044236 - Mat, pillow and sleeping bag connectable to the mat, and bedding including all connected to each other: The mat 1 includes a primary mat body 10 and a strap 30 provided on the primary mat body 10 for attaching a pillow 100 to the primary mat body 10. Also, the mat 1 includes a plurality of primary mat bodies 10, wherein each primary mat body 10 has... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070044237 - Angle indicator: An angle indicator is provided for measuring an angle of inclination of a structure with respect to a plane, such as a horizontal or vertical plane. The angle indicator includes a housing adapted and configured to be mounted to the structure, an indicator movably disposed in the housing having an... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070044238 - Device for posturing an individual: A posturing device for posturing an individual so as to render the individual's back accessible. The posturing device comprises a base and a spine support system. The spine support system may be, for example, a flexible chain that conforms to the spinal shape of the individual. The device may also... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070044239 - Pillow and method of manufacturing a pillow: Some embodiments of the disclosed pillows have a sleeve of viscoelastic material within which is received and enclosed a plurality of loose pieces of filler material. The sleeve can have one or more openings shaped and dimensioned to provide ventilation for the interior of the pillow and/or to enable a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070044240 - Airbag structure: The present invention relates to an airbag structure comprising an airbag with multiple straight walls defining a hermetic interior; a plurality of baffles received in the interior of the airbag and a plurality of valves for communicating the interior with an air supply. Thus, contact area between the airbags and... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070044241 - Discrete orthoganol support system: A low-profile multilayer cushion assembly which can be used to support the human body under various conditions. The cushion assembly generally includes a top layer of supportive material having a relatively high compression modulus, a middle layer of woven material, and a bottom layer. The bottom layer includes a matrix... Agent: John Wiley Horton, Attorney Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070044242 - Providing mobility support: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to providing mobility support to assist people in maneuvering. In aspects, a support structure is coupled to a base to secure the support structure in an upstanding position. A grab bar is coupled to the support structure. When the grab bar is... Agent: Jardine Law Offices

20070044243 - Double high airbed utilizing coils: A double high airbed having a central layer, upper coils extending from the central layer to a top sheet of the airbed, and lower coils extending from the central layer to the bottom sheet of the airbed. The central layer is formed of an upper middle layer and a lower... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070044244 - Bed mattress using permeable reinforcing member and foaming material, and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed herein is a bed mattress and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a permeable reinforcing member is provided at an upper portion and a lower portion of a spring assembly which is one of frame constituents of the bed mattress, and a foaming material is disposed on... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070044245 - Mattress with triple zone topper: A mattress comprises a base unit. A topper is supported above the base unit. The topper comprises an elongate rectangular body having a center zone joined between opposite end zones. The topper is of a select foam material of substantially uniform firmness and the center zone has a density greater... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer