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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7082634 | Dividable mattress A dividable mattress for use in providing separation between the bedmates of a bed. The dividable mattress has two dividers and two parallel slots running substantially from the head to the foot of the mattress. Each divider may be selectively deployed by extending ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017204 | Adjustably partitioned crib An adjustably partitioned crib wherein at least one dividing rail is selectively and movably positioned between the two side rails, thereby dividing the crib into two separate areas for holding two infants. A further embodiment comprises two or more dividing rails f... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6923836 | Preparation of dyed plastics or polymeric dye particles The present application relates to a process for preparing dyed plastics or polymeric dye particles characterized in that it comprises mixing a high molecular weight organic material with a coloristically effective amount of at least one dye of the formula where R | 08/02/2005 |
| 6658679 | Sleep guard The present invention comprises a lightweight, portable guard to separate two people sleeping in a common area. The invention serves to block a great deal of the noise attendant to snoring, and to shield to some degree the transmission of airborne spray e... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6510572 | Bed curtain divider A bed curtain divider for individuals sharing a bed, the bed curtain includes a substantially flexible barrier for shielding light rays from an individual on lying on the bed, the barrier comprising a first section having a first releasable attachment for... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6189165 | Cots and adjusting devices for cots A cot includes a base, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extending above the base. A transverse wall is detachably secured across the cot above the base between the side walls at a position partway along the length of the cot and serves to redu... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5971487 | Automobile seat divider for children A substantially rectangular, vertically-extending divider made of soft compressible material and having a height approximately equal to the height of the rear backrest of a motor vehicle attaches to the rear seat by employing the rear seat center seat bel... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5867850 | Bassinet A bassinet for a play yard having a bottom wall, a continuous upstanding side wall and one or more separating panels to divide the bassinet into discrete stand-alone compartments. A removable cover may be utilized with one or more compartments.... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5560058 | Sleeping surface divider A sleeping surface divider that provides a shield between the heads and upper bodies of two people sleeping in one bed. The divider has two parts, a shield (FIG. 2) and a support part (FIG. 3). The shield is made of thick, soft and resiliant material and ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5555581 | Bed bridge and mattress cover A bed bridge (10) for converting a pair of beds (12) and (14) into a larger sized bed comprising a platform member (16) and an elongated protrusion (18) projecting downwardly from the center of the platform member (16). When the platform member (16) is pl... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5528785 | Attachable couch-cushion confining device for infants A confining device couch converter which converts a seat cushion of a couch into a confining device for a resting baby. The confining device includes a sheet portion, which is flat, for covering a portion of the seat cushion where the baby rests. A wedge ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5457830 | Bed divider Delineation of the centerline of a bed by incorporating visible and tactile decoration into the centerline of form fitted bottom sheeting.... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5255958 | Barrier device for children A struggling barrier for children includes a semirigid wall for blocking struggling movements which is attached to a flexible sheet for receiving sitting body weight of children. The method of sitting on the flexible sheet transfers body weight force to t... | 10/26/1993 |
| 4890346 | Infant crib enclosure An infant enclosure for use with a conventional baby crib which includes a sheet and a soft bumper which is detachably securable to the sheet to extend across the crib to establish a smaller enclosure within the crib for receiving small children such as n... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4872228 | Bed guard A bed guard for temporary use to reduce the risk of falling out of bed comprises at least one elongated bolster operatively assembled on top of a conventional mattress and releasably held in operative position along one side of the bed by a conventional b... | 10/10/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4233699 | Portable security wall A portable security wall incorporating a first section, insertable beneath a chair cushion, couch cushion, mattress, or the like, on which an infant may be placed, and a second section, angularly disposed with respect thereto, to serve as a backstop to pr... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4197603 | Bed-associated back-support means A back support means which may be detachably positioned on a mattress comprising a bottom sheet having a width to cover the central portion of a mattress and extending across the width of said mattress, which bottom sheet along with a top sheet form an op... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4178926 | Pediatric restraint device A restraint device is positioned in a generally upright manner transversely to a child's waist to prevent a child's hands from reaching the lower half of the body which may have casts thereon or be in traction. The restraint device is a generally flat pla... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4177806 | Knee pillow A knee pillow having a resilient pad forming a surface contoured by formation of an indentation to conform to the knee area of a leg of a person wearing the pillow, and including straps attached to the pad for removably securing the pad to the inside port... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4118812 | Child separating and support device A child separating and support device for a seat of a vehicle includes a first side support member, a second side support member and a shelf member. The first and second side support members are joined to each other along a common top edge and diverging f... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4016919 | Breath deflector A breath deflector comprised of a surface sheet having end edges and side edges divided into four areas by three folding lines connecting the side edges of the surface sheet wherein the four areas are foldably connected to each other.... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3951453 | Seating device having a weighted cushion A seating device includes a base portion and at least one top cushion movably positioned on the base portion. An insert of relatively heavier material than that of the cushion is placed in the lower portion of the cushion to maintain the latter in a selec... | 04/20/1976 |
