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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364229 | Automatic ventilation device for chair An automatic ventilation device for chairs uses a movable plate that moves upwards and downwards along with a cushion. A reset spring is disposed on the movable plate. The upper side and lower side of movable plate each have a stretchable air bag. When the removable... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353554 | Floating water bed The floating water bed includes a specially designed unique sleeping bag and a movable mattress pad. The sleeping bag is both thin and soft and it is placed on top of the movable mattress pad. This movable mattress pad can be lowered or risen from the water. As the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7188379 | Combination air and spring mattress for a sofa sleeper This invention is directed to a mattress assembly for use in a sofa sleeper. The mattress assembly has an outer shell and an inner support received within the outer shell. The shell includes a lower panel, a sidewall, and a cover that fit together to form a cavity t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174583 | Adjustable height foundation A height-adjustable mattress assembly is constructed of a mattress foundation and an optional frame assembly with a plurality of ground support members supporting the mattress foundation. The ground support members can be attached to the frame assembly in at least t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7069609 | Inflatable liquid furniture An apparatus has a first section having a hollow interior that is filled with air, and a second section attached to the top of the first section and having a hollow interior that retains a liquid. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6952852 | Mattress structure A mattress (900) provides a user with three-dimensional firmness zoning, the mattress (900) cooperating with a mattress shell (720). The mattress (900) includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending resilient blocks... | 10/11/2005 |
| 5253377 | Waterbed mattress with bellows spring insert A waterbed mattress includes a spring insert having a plurality of open ended bellows spring units arranged in upright relation within the mattress. The pleated peripheral side wall of each bellows spring unit enables it to be collapsible from a normal ex... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5245716 | Flotation system with liner tray A water mattress construction including a bladder-holding tray, which includes a plurality of corners which include deflection capabilities. Each corner includes a suspended floor portion which includes a gap thereunder to allow the suspended floor portio... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5231715 | Reinforced frame for waterbed A water bed frame has four rails to define a container for a water mattress, and at least the side rails include flanges fixed to the rails and extending beneath the water mattress. The flanges may be fixed to the bottom surface of the beam making up the ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5201780 | Anti-decubitus mattress pad A mattress pad primarily intended for use with a standard hospital bed frame to reduce the development of decubitus ulcers or bed sores in patients using the pad. The pad is multi-layered and includes a cover or casing containing interior strata of a plas... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5074286 | Spinal massage table A massage table which utilizes at least one rotating jet of water to create a rotating pressure ridge of water on the surface of a bladder, thereby creating muscular traction in the body of the user. By using several rotating jets of water a massage not u... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5072468 | Flotation therapy bed for preventing decubitus ulcers A flotation therapy bed that prevents formation of decubitus ulcers. A three-chambered mattress has three configurations, each having a different utility. In a first configuration, a lowermost chamber is filled with water and the other two chambers are em... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5068935 | Flotation therapy bed having two part construction A flotation therapy bed having a two part construction that includes an upper shell and a lower shell joined along a parting line by a circumferentially extending gasket. The upper shell has a downwardly bowed bottom wall and the lower shell has a flat bo... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5027453 | Water bed safety liner An improved waterbed safety liner including a water impervious bottom liner sheet integrally joined to a four-sided firm foam perimeter support cushion which itself is wrapped in plastic water impervious sheet forming an entire unit having waterproof inte... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4974272 | Warm and cool water bed A warm and cool sick bed is provided including a water mattress supported from a bed frame. The water mattress containing water that can circulate with that contained in a water chamber settled at the lower section of the bed by means of water pipes, and ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4970743 | Mattress and foundation system useable with water mattresses A mattress and foundation bedding system having a knock-down capability for ease of assembly and disassembly, and for shipment and storage. The foundation has a core of honeycomb cells enclosed in an outer box and dressed with ticking material to resemble... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4932088 | Water mattress construction A mattress construction includes a water mattress and a rigid, peripheral and bottom support for the water mattress. There is a resilient cushion extending about and over the water mattress and the rigid support. A flexible cover is positioned about the r... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4879775 | Reinforced rail assembly for waterbeds A rail assembly is provided for forming reinforced waterbed walls. The rail assembly when assembled includes a plurality of cushions for defining the outer walls of a waterbed. Each cushion has an inner, a top and a bottom face. A reinforcing bar is posit... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4878259 | Waterbed pedestal wrap A one piece decorative wrap to cover waterbed pedestals which can be quickly and easily installed, even on an assembled waterbed. This pedestal wrap is installed using fastening material, such as self-stick tape or hook and loop-type fastening like materi... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4837880 | Therapeutic waterbed apparatus and method An improved therapeutic waterbed apparatus and method having a waterbed mattress suitable for accommodating therein a structural member means for operably coupling thereto a plurality of water spray or ejecting means is disclosed. The water spray or eject... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4799277 | Hybrid watermattress having concave softsides A hybrid watermattress has a compressible sidewall, a water fillable bladder, and a cover to envelope the bladder and the sidewall. The sidewall extends laterally and peripherally of the bladder, and in an uncompressed state, has a generally concave cross... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4788727 | Collapsible base for beds A collapsible bed base is disclosed to support a bed mattress. The bed base comprises a foldable peripheral frame, removable cross-support joist members extending across the frame and removable top decking panels supported by the frame and across-support ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4774733 | Red frame A bed frame ideally suited for supporting a water mattress or the like comprises first and second frame members including vertically disposed and horizontally spaced pedestals having a pan portion at the upper end thereof. The first and second frame membe... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4745648 | Body supporting structure A hollow flexible body adapted to rest upon a mattress has the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is horizontally elongated and is vertically shallow. The body has a closed bottom and sides with a top having a rectangular opening therein.... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4713853 | Apparatus for improved water therapy An apparatus and method of water therapy in which a person is buoyantly supported in a prone position on a top membrane of a waterbed mattress containing heated water. A water pump recirculates the water, which is drawn out of the mattress through outlets... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4696071 | Deck for supporting a floatation sleep system bladder Deck construction for a floatation sleep system which gives the deck a high quality finished appearance and facilitates transportation and set up thereof. The deck includes a plurality of rigid members. Such members are separately encased as a unit, hinge... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4691395 | Waterbed frames Waterbed frames for supporting and confining a bladder-type mattress having a head panel, a foot panel and a pair of side panels are improved to assist persons reclining in the bed to get out of the bed by providing at least one side panel with a section ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4635307 | Waterbed An improved waterbed and waterbed perimeter support including a frame base member formed of a dimensionally-stable pliant sheet having a lower portion securable under the bladder and a lateral portion extending therefrom adjacent to the bladder perimeter ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4625351 | Waterbed frame A frame for a waterbed having a standard thickness or height when inflated. The frame includes a stand positioned on the ground and a rectangular planar support member which is secured to the top of the stand so that the upper surface of the support membe... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4607405 | Jet stream water bed A jet stream water bed is provided and consists of a plurality of flexible water tubes in a circular ring positioned within the water bed mattress to fluidly connect to a water pump so that when the pump is activated a person on the mattress can be massag... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4532662 | Modified waterbed A modified waterbed is provided comprising a liquid-containing mattress or bladder, a resiliently compressible, elastomeric material, porous as to the liquid forming a resilient insert disposed within the bladder, and a resilient base positioned at least ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4521928 | Waterbed frame construction A waterbed frame construction comprising a perimeter frame made up of longitudinal and transverse channel shaped frame members which are provided with foam pad cushions along the upper side edges of the frame and the outwardly facing sides of the frame. A... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4507816 | Waterbed with sound wave system A standard waterbed is shown having added thereto a sound wave system having four loudspeaker housings positioned within the floor pedestal of the bed beneath the supporting deck for the water-filled bladder mattress. Each of these loudspeaker housings is... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4506397 | Waterbed construction A waterbed comprising a foundation having a rigid horizontally extending base and a rigid support member of substantially rectangular cross section fixed on the periphery of the upper surface of the base and substantially laterally completely enclosing a ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4413367 | Confining frame for water bed Portions of the confining frame of a water bed are made so they can be tilted away from the water-filled mattress of that water bed to facilitate the positioning, and the smoothing, of a cover for that water-filled mattress adjacent the sides and end of t... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4395787 | Crib flotation bed A water bed crib comprising a water bed structure including a flat horizontal rectangular platform with an upwardly projecting mattress retaining, water draining weir about its perimeter, a water filled flexible mattress bladder supported atop the platfor... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4354289 | Waterbed A waterbed which is preferably substantially rectangular and has a substantially rigid base structure supporting a substantially rigid, but somewhat flexible, wall structure in which bladder means full of water is located so that the upper surface of the ... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4346489 | Foldable waterbed A flotation mattress comprising an outer jacket of supple flexible sheet plastic having normally flat vertically spaced top and bottom walls and vertical side and end walls and a plurality of elongate bladders of supple flexible sheet plastic with top, bo... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4297755 | Non-planar waterbed A bed frame, such as for hospital use, includes a part that may be upwardly inclined. A series of transverse slings suspend a series of individual elongated bag elements. The individual bag elements, when filled with water, merge to form a comfortable and... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4292701 | Water bed construction with enclosure A water bed construction which includes a water and air containing bladder and an innerspring support for the same, the bladder and support combination being enclosed within a covering, the covering material being removable from the combination. The entir... | 10/06/1981 |
