Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310839 | Patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus including a barrier coupled to a frame. The barrier includes an interior region containing a fluid supply. A related method is provided for modifying a patient support apparatus to include a fluid filled patient support surface. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7210176 | Patient transfer device having inclined upper surface A patient transfer device includes a top sheet inclined in a head end portion such that a patient's torso is elevated with respect to the feet. The mattress may include relatively narrow chambers in an intermediate portion for increased strength and stability. The m... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203984 | Medical apparatus for relief of pain Medical apparatus (1) for the relief, treatment and/or prevention of neck or back pain comprises a fluid inflatable support pillow (2) and an inflation device (3) connected to the pillow (2) The pillow (2) is adapted for interposit... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7181786 | Bed compromising an air guiding unit for air-conditioning rooms The invention being submitted pertains to a bed, consisting of a bedstead (1) and a mattress (2), whereby an air-conduction unit (4) is integrated in the bedstead. Along one or more lateral walls (3) of the bedstead (3), side ducts... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165281 | Bed A bed comprises a support arrangement (1) adapted to provide upper support surfaces for and carry a person lying in the bed through an upper limitation thereof. A suction device is arranged to generate an air flow from the contact surfaces between a person ly... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7127763 | Crib mattress safety features Safety features for a crib mattress are described. One safety feature is designed to maintain airflow to a fan inlet despite the fan inlet being blocked by a mattress sheet. Another safety feature removes obstructions to airflow within the mattress so that air is di... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120951 | System for warming lower extremities of supine persons A warming system, mounted to the foot of a bed, warms a person's lower extremities by directing air into the space between the mattress and overlaying blankets. A blower directs air into an elongated distribution chamber having many tiny exit apertures. The chamber ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7036575 | Forced air bed warmer/cooler An apparatus and method for modifying the temperature of a bed environment. In preferred embodiments, the invention is a self-contained, forced air bed warmer which pre-heats the interior sheets and covers of a bed to provide a controlled micro-environment that faci... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6916300 | Seat massager A seat massager for massaging a person's back has, according to the present invention, a pair of inflatable, massage bladders configured so as to be received in close proximity to a person's back and oriented so that these bladders share an overlaid portion with eac... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6826792 | Air mattress having temperature regulator An air mattress device includes an air mattress member, and a temperature regulator coupled to the air mattress member with a hose, to supply the regulated air into the air mattress member via the hose. The temperature regulator includes a casing disposed in a housi... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6568006 | Heated air mattress A heated air mattress for providing a warm and soft air mattress. The heated air mattress includes an air mattress having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each of the walls of the air mattress... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6446290 | Device for ventilation of baby cot, cradle or bag for baby carriage An arrangement for ventilation of a cot, cradle, carrycot or perambulator carrycot, comprising a substantially flat bottom, closed side walls extending vertically upwards from the bottom, and a substantially open top, and also a head end and a foot end. A... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6148457 | Steam heated bed A bed having a hard sleeping layer with a conduit embedded in the layer. The layer rests on a thermally insulating layer. The conduit loops across the surfaces. A steam generator directs steam through the conduit to warm the bed. The steam passes to a con... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5894615 | Temperature selectively controllable body supporting pad A bed pad has embedded in it a circuit of continuous tubing. Portable heating and refrigerating means are operatively connected to a second tubing circuit by quick disconnect couplings. Electrical control means are selectively operated to heat or cool the... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5881410 | Air mat for operation bed A plane heater is mounted on the lower surface of an air mat having a function of preventing bedsore, and the temperature of a patient is maintained via an air layer of the air mat. A time delay caused by heating via the air layer is adjusted through pred... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5642539 | Multi-function healthful bed A multi-function healthful bed including a bed frame, a bottom bed board, an upper bed board, air valves, a blower, two mufflers, an eccentric motor, four elastic feet supporting four feet of the bed frame, four swayable rods placed on four corner feet of... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5555579 | Mattress assembly with semiconductor thermo-control A mattress assembly includes a mattress having a network of grooves at the top covered within a soft covering layer, a control box, a water piping arranged within the network of grooves and connected to hot and cold water reservoirs inside the control box... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5499410 | Coupling device for a mattress A coupling device for coupling a mattress to a mattress base comprises a lower coupling element, which can be attached to the mattress base, and an upper coupling element, which can be attached to the mattress, which lower coupling element and upper coupl... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5430900 | Bed emitting the far infrared rays A bed comprising a base having an internal area into which a heat source, in the form of a hot water pipe system is installed, and mineral powder which together with the heat source, fills the internal area of the base and provides a top sleeping surface ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5416935 | Cushion surface air conditioning apparatus A surface air conditioning device includes a plurality of passages through a support surface which overlies a closed volume in which temperature conditioned air is supplied; each passage is provided with a pressure actuated flow control valve which is nor... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5387181 | Environmentally-controlled lounge chair A lounge chair accommodating an occupant in a reclining position while exposing him to a stress-relieving environment. The chair includes a couch whose frame supports a bed formed by an array of parallel dowels contoured to define an intermediate posterio... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5251347 | Bed having patient warming apparatus A hospital bed has an articulated patient support surface with four air outlet housings mounted thereon at spaced locations. An air supply arrangement supplies temperature-controlled air to an air outlet opening in each of the housings. Associated with ea... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5146633 | Therapeutic, portable bed provided with a water heating system A therapeutic, portable bed includes an electric water heating system attached to and disposed within a base member of the bed, a hollow headboard which functions as a water tank, a serpentine configured water pipe extending through a concrete plate of th... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5102189 | Ventilated seat A ventilated seat, in which air is flowed through a duct by means of a fan, and the air is effectively applied to an aromatic in a tray placed in the duct so as to emit a good smell from an air outlet hole on the surface of the seat.... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101823 | Tanning pool An apparatus for sun bathing, which includes an inflatable floor portion substantially rectangular in nature for supporting the length of a user lying on one's back or stomach; a continuous inflatable side wall portion rising the height above the floor po... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5067771 | Stadium seat apparatus A cushion stadium seat organization is provided, wherein a plurality of seat frame legs mount a first padded circular seat, with a plurality of backrest frame legs mounting a circular backrest member, wherein the backrest member and seat member are coexte... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5058227 | Under-bed humidifier A humidifier is provided which lies beneath a bed or other article of furniture. The humidifier is of very shallow height, being much less in height than the length and width. The humidifier includes an open frame resting on the floor, and a sheet of plas... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4937903 | Bed covering apparatus A bed covering apparatus comprising a foot board (1) and L-shaped support arms attached to an outside surface of the foot board and above a mattress (8). A quilt (2) is supported by the long arm portion of the L shaped arms (11) and tucked under the mattr... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4903353 | Apparatus for suspending bedclothes An apparatus for suspending bedclothing which comprises a rectangular cross frame, four supporting posts extending downwardly from corners of the rectangular cross frame, a pair of wires from the cross frame, grasping members connected to one ends of the ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4867230 | Convection blanket warmer A convection blanket for warming persons lying thereon. The preferred embodiment has four layers, two outer insulating layers, and two inner layers of metallic foil. The inner metallic layers minimize heat loss across the length of the blanket. A unique p... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4671284 | Sauna support bed A personal sauna has a horizontally extending bed for supporting an individual in a recumbent position, and combines the benefits of heat and vibration by means of a transversely recirculating air system and a motive means which simultaneously moves the b... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4641387 | Bed enclosure An enclosure for a bed to provide protection for patients who would have otherwise required soft restraints to prevent self injury. The enclosure is formed of a supporting framework and an associated covering provided with suitably arranged zippered areas... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4591693 | Companion warmer A combination elongate soft resilient foamed polymer body, so constructed and configured as to lie along the side of the body of a human user, and a heater enclosing the polymer body, the heater being formed of fabric and including electrically insulated ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4559656 | Hospital bed with a weight-distributing lever system A bed uniformly distributes the weight of a bed-ridden patient to minimize the occurrence of bedsores. The bed comprises a frame and a plurality of support assemblies mounted on the frame. Each support assembly comprises a plurality of elongate support sl... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4525884 | Sun beds This invention relates to sun beds. In the described embodiment the bed has an elongate base (1) which is generally flat but has a rim (2) of inverted U-form. The base (1) is covered by a dome (4). The base (1) has a frame with a plurality of vents (11), ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4491721 | Electric bed heating device An electric bed heating device for attachment to the understructure of a bed for supplying heat to a sleeper includes an electric heating element mounted below a metallic plate thermally insulated on its upper side and having a lower face shaped to radial... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4468825 | Oxygen removal system for a bed A system for removing oxygen from and around hospital beds for reducing the fire danger. A manifold having a plurality of sections is connected to and is supported from the frame. The sections are connected together by flexible joints and include a connec... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4455472 | Bed warmer A bed heater with two spaced, perforated, non-metallic plates between which there is arranged spaced loops of an insulated cover-type resistance heating fuse wire. At least some side area between the plates is open allowing lateral movement of air to prev... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4335725 | Therapeutic heat cushion A novel portable cushion for selectively heating and supporting portions of a persons back while sitting or while riding in a car is disclosed, for therapeutic purposes and for comfort.... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4305168 | Hospital bed A hospital bed has ducts with openings in a frame and a mattress and blanket connected by a hose to an exhauster and filter. A hood formed of several panels at a head of a bed reduces noise and provides ventilation.... | 12/15/1981 |
