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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171585 | Lightweight fluid An inexpensive, lightweight, compressible, shock absorbing, and resilient fluid for use in padding applications is presented. A fluid pad can comprise closed-cell foam beads and a surrounding fluid housed in a thin plastic bladder. The closed-cell foam beads can be ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7373678 | Seat cushion with adjustable contour and method of adjusting the contour of a seat cushion A flexible support structure of a seat cushion, such as a wheelchair cushion, has an upper surface with a support contour having relief areas for establishing relatively less pressure on skin adjacent to bony prominences of a user's pelvis and having a support area ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7234184 | Inflatable air cushion An inflatable air cushion has at least two sets of tension members therein. Each set of tension members includes multiple and parallel tension members. The tensile directions generated by the two sets of tension members are perpendicular. One of the tension members ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7051389 | Comfort pillow A pillow including a viscoelastic sleeve defining a cavity and filler material positioned within the cavity. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7008020 | Inflatable furniture having a storage compartment According to some embodiments, an inflatable furniture structure is provided. The inflatable furniture structure may include, for example, at least one inflatable compartment and a least one storage compartment having a transparent surface. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996864 | Cushion for a wheelchair A cushion for a wheelchair, including a matrix of cushion modules, wherein each cushion module includes a cushion element that has a phase change material included in its filler material that sits above an additional cushion element of a larger volume of filler mate... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976281 | Medicinal cushion, in particular anti-decubitus cushion A medical cushion (1), in particular an anti-decubitus cushion, is in particular multicellular and is distinguished in that the cushion is equipped, at least in the area where skin contact (6) occurs, with an active membrane (3) based on a skin-... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966090 | Air mattress with quilted pillow top An air mattress with a pillow top is disclosed. The pillow top is received on and extends at least partially across at least one of planar face of the mattress, and is constructed and arranged to be held in a fixed position relative to the face of the mattress on wh... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6952906 | Packaged furniture assembly and method thereof for compressible furniture The present invention provides a chair having a removable outer cover. The chair has an air permeable bladder which houses compressible filler material. The compressible filler material allows the chair to be selectively compressed between various compressed states.... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948632 | Collapsible structure A collapsible structure having a plurality of side panels and a floor panel forming an enclosure having an open top. Each side panel comprises a two-ply web of material and a continuous loop frame. One or more handles may be attached to the structure or formed withi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934990 | Non-liquid buoyant bedding A bed includes a frame supporting a non-liquid material having a density of about 0.15 of to 1 times the density of water. The material can be formed from pellets. The bed can also include a stretchable sheet disposed over the material. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928678 | Transparent apertured pillow, filled with foam blocks A pillow includes a transparent, apertured pillowcase having a receiving space inside and a plurality of deformable resilient blocks disposed inside the receiving space. Each of the resilient blocks is made of a foam material, such as latex. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925963 | Pet blanket A pet blanket providing anti-flea properties is disclosed. The blanket is formed of an upper, permeable layer and a lower, impermeable layer, which together form a closeable pocket for receiving an insert that is impregnated with one or more anti-flea agents. As a p... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6857151 | Bead cushioning device A cushioning device has a flexible container and a plurality of polymeric beads within the flexible container which flows under a slight force and shears easily. The cushioning device is capable of receiving a physical object that applies a force to the cushion. Whe... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6796996 | Shape-retaining fill container A shape-retaining bag having a front and a back connected to each other to define a chamber between for housing and retaining a fill material within a plurality of cells within the chamber which are made of a plurality of walls and one or more flow diverters adjacen... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6651282 | Nursing pillow for anatomically correct positioning of baby and mother A flexible, crescent shaped pillow to assist mothers to maintain an anatomically correct alignment between mouth and nipple while breast feeding. This alignment is a key factor in ensuring optimum flow of milk. The pillow is both highly flexible and suppo... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6611980 | Molded cushion and method of making the same The present invention is directed to a custom-contoured cushion for a wheelchair or other seating device and a method of making the same. In one embodiment, the novel custom-contoured cushion is comprised of a stretchable bag filled with soft and resilien... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6532613 | Three dimensional star shaped pliable chair A pliable chair, for supporting the extremities of a user, that includes a hollow shell made of a pliable material and particulate material contained within the shell. The shell includes five upper panels attached together to form an upper surface, five l... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6473924 | Support pad A sitting, sleeping or support pad (1), which on account of its special design can be used in a number of different areas of application, includes an inner bag with a fill material, disposed in an outer bag. The inner bag has an elongated, substantially r... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6374439 | Stretcher head rest A vacuum pad suitable for use with a head rest of a stretcher is configured to support the head of a patient supported on the stretcher. The vacuum pad has a non-rigid state wherein the vacuum pad is formable and a rigid state wherein the vacuum pad is no... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6334227 | Seat Seat that comprises an envelope containing incompressible filling pieces, such as polystyrene balls. In addition, this seat comprises a bottom wall and side walls made of a rigid, semirigid and/or impermeable material, and an upper wall of which at least ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6308353 | Method and apparatus for positioning a patient A method and apparatus for positioning a patient for a medical procedure. The apparatus includes an air-impervious casing having a plurality of sections adapted to position and support the torso and limbs of a patient. A plurality of compartments containi... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6226820 | Gel pad with integral shape retainer A gel pad assembly includes a flexible gel pad and an adjustable shape retainer integral with the gel pad. A flexible first outer wall cooperates with a flexible inner wall to form a first chamber. A gel is located within the first chamber. A flexible sec... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6161239 | Infant positioning device An infant positioning device that is an elongated sleeve filled with polymeric pellets to a predetermined fill density to enable the device to be adaptable to conform to the contour of an infant to aid holding the infant in a optimum position for the well... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6098209 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. The pads include flexible, outer casings of porous, breathable, inelastic material overfilled with resilient, discrete beads of elastic material. The beads are initially in compressed states wi... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6055676 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. The outer casing is made of an elastic material that is overfilled to its elastic limit to act in the manner of the preferred embodiments. In a second set of preferred embodiments, the outer ca... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045178 | Outdoorsman's support or chair An outdoorsman's support or chair is comprised of a substantially filled flexible container provided with shoulder straps for easy transport. The flexible container is filled with pellets and is preferably waterproof. It is adaptable to conform to the sha... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6032300 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. In a first set of preferred embodiments, the pads include flexible, outer casings of porous, breathable, inelastic material overfilled with resilient, discrete beads of elastic material. The be... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5971006 | Inflatable cushion with a valve A gasproof inflatable cushion with a hole which perforates it and whose edge is provided with an inner valve part on the inside and with an outer valve part on the outside such that the hole is enclosed and the construction is gasproof. The inner valve pa... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5920915 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. The pads include flexible, outer casings of porous, breathable, inelastic material overfilled with resilient, discrete beads of elastic material. The beads are initially in compressed states wi... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5881409 | Puff-quilted bladders for containing flowable cushioning medium A bladder for containing a cushioning medium. The bladder includes open compartments which are created by welding or otherwise fastening a first bladder wall against a second bladder wall. The periphery of the bladder walls are welded or otherwise sealed ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5778470 | Partitioned therapeutic pillow with bead filling A pillow structure formed with an outer cover or casing in which a foam shell is enclosed, where in a horizontally disposed partition being mounted in the shell along the horizontal central axis of the pillow structure, wherein the partition controls the ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5733012 | Therapeutic medical chair A therapeutic medical chair is provided with a chair frame for receiving a box insert having an aperture therein. The aperture receives a flexible compression bag which includes a septum to divide the bag into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The sep... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5556169 | Multi-layer conformable support system The multi-layer support system for conforming to and supporting an object comprises a first, compartmented, fluid-sealed layer containing a plurality of beads which are movable within the first layer when fluid is introduced and which are inhibited from m... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5475882 | Gel filled deformable cushion and composition contained therein This invention provides for a gel filled deformable cushion (10) which includes a fluid impervious flexible enclosure (12) forming an internal chamber (14). Contained within the internal chamber (14) is a plasticizer composition (16) and a plurality of pa... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5228158 | Portable rollable light-weight pillows A small light-weight portable and rollable pillow filled with a compressible resilient material which has a strap attached to a solid attachment means at the side thereof which can be tied around the pillow when it is rolled up and the end of the strap ca... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5154185 | Air evacuable support An air evacuable support comprising an elongated, airtight and flexible casing partially filled with a plurality of beads which are conformable to a person's body contours. The support can be formed into a seat configuration for placement upon a wheelchai... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5152019 | Mattress and cushion material The present invention provides a cushion material including padding elements, each of which consists of a core and an outer resilient layer surrounding the core.... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5079787 | Pressure equalizing support structure A support structure is provided which effects a pressure equalization. It mprises an enclosure filled with a large number of loose pieces. In a special embodiment the loose pieces are surrounded by a low friction material, such as nylon fabric, and are ma... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079786 | Cushion with magnetic spheres in a viscous fluid A cushion apparatus includes an enclosed cushion member defining an interior cavity defined by a top wall spaced from and parallel a bottom wall, with a surrounding side wall coextensive therebetween. A portal opening is directed through the side wall, wi... | 01/14/1992 |
