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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698766 | Method and system for spinal alignment A method and apparatus for facilitating spinal alignment is disclosed. The contoured sleep system facilitates alignment of a person's spine along the Sagittal plane when laying in a sleep-on-side position. An exemplary contoured sleep system has a trunk rest having ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7536741 | Method and system for spinal alignment A method and apparatus for facilitating spinal alignment is disclosed. The contoured sleep system facilitates alignment of a person's spine along the Sagittal plane when laying in a sleep-on-side position. An exemplary contoured sleep system has a trunk rest having ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7360266 | Multiple position air mattress system A multiple position air mattress system for achieving various support positions includes a first mattress, a second mattress, and a bellows unit attached to the second mattress. The bellows unit is extendable for either elevating the second mattress or providing a s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356863 | Mattress pad A mattress pad positionable atop a rectangular mattress which better accommodates diverse weights and sizes of the human anatomy for enhanced comfort. The mattress pad includes a flexible bottom sheet having a size and shape substantially similar to that of a top su... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350252 | Portable diaper changing pad with memory foam insert A portable diaper changing pad with a memory foam insert. The diaper changing pad comprises a mat with a panel having a body of memory foam as a cushion. The memory foam insert preferably comprises a raised head rest section. In one embodiment, the diaper changing p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7228581 | Inflatable sex support unit for mattress An inflatable sex-support unit for mattress configured to be temporarily or permanently attachable to such mattress, comprising of bladders that are stowed away in layers of bedspread and foams, that inflate to a height of 12 or more inches above the unit's surface ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7134158 | Portable, adjustable, inflatable bed A bed apparatus having a base and two inflatable members for elevating the torso and legs of a user is provided. The inflatable members are removably attachable to the base and can be selectively spaced apart, making the bed spatially adjustable. The extent to which... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7065816 | Mattress A mattress (10) comprises a support base (12) defining an interface surface (14) at the top thereof and a softer compressible layer (22) overlying the interface surface. The thickness of the support base varies along a longitudinal direct... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7007330 | Portable patient turning and lifting device The present invention provides a portable patient turning and lifting device and associated methods for turning and lifting an immobilized patient. The device comprises at least one inflation bladder configured to be secured between the patient's body and the patien... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6895614 | Hunting mat An article of commerce utilized by hunters as a support and barrier from the ground while hunting. The article of commerce comprises a mat and a support. The mat has a distal edge and a proximal edge. The proximal edge is longitudinally spaced from the distal edge i... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886204 | Multiple position air mattress system A multiple position air mattress system for achieving various support positions includes a first mattress, a second mattress, and a bellows unit attached to the second mattress. The bellows unit is extendable for either elevating the second mattress or providing a s... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6785923 | Institutional bedding with integral pillow and mattress A bedding arrangement is provided having a compressible foam mattress pad and compressible foam pillow pad integrated as a single bedding unit within a fluid resistant or impermeable cover whose seams are heat sealed together. Air ventilation through the cover and a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6691354 | Inflatable body support An inflatable therapeutic mattress for supporting a resting body in the prone position while maintaining proper spinal alignment, features an upper surface with a pair of opposing slanting surfaces originating from an elevated ridge, one slanting surface ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6681426 | Mattress for surgery stretcher A mattress for a stretcher comprises a mattress back portion supported on the stretcher back frame, a mattress shoulder portion supported on the stretcher head frame and a mattress head portion supported on the stretcher head rest. The thickness of the ma... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6604253 | Neck support and anatomical mattress including such a neck support The present invention relates to a mattress and neck support assembly. The mattress has a supporting surface and a head end. The neck support is fittable to the head end, and has a rigid surface, a cavity, which is defined partially by said rigid surface ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6516482 | Institutional bedding with integral pillow and mattress A bedding arrangement is provided having a compressible foam mattress pad and compressible foam pillow pad integrated as a single bedding unit within a fluid resistant or impermeable cover whose seams are heat sealed together. Air ventilation through the ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6421855 | Infant bed having a tiltable sleeping surface for treating and prevention of positional plagiocephaly An infant bed of the present invention includes a frame, a mattress having a first portion and a second portion, and a mattress support that is supported on the frame for supporting the mattress. The mattress support has a first portion that supports the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6351864 | Institutional bedding with integral pillow and mattress A bedding arrangement is provided having a compressible foam mattress pad and compressible foam pillow pad integrated as a single bedding unit within a fluid resistant or impermeable cover whose seams are heat sealed together. Air ventilation through the ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6260553 | Infant bed having a tiltable sleeping surface and method of treating positional plagiocephaly A method is disclosed for treating/preventing positional plagiocephaly. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a flat, horizontal first surface and a second surface adjacent the flat surface, the second surface being inclined such that a first si... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6202233 | Sleeping bag pillow A sleeping bag pillow for providing a comfortable pillow which easily attachable to a sleeping bag. The sleeping bag pillow includes a padded member having a bottom side, a tapered top side, tapered right and left sides, and a back side, and further inclu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6182316 | Surface pad system for a surgical table A surface pad apparatus for a surgical table includes a body pad section positioned to lie beneath at least the torso and the thighs of the patient. The body pad section includes an upwardly-facing top surface and spaced-apart, elongated first and second ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173465 | Mattress A hugging mattress and method of using, and a sheet therefore, the sheet having two walled slots or pockets extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the mattress and preferably nesting within two corresponding holes in the mattress. The mattress h... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6067678 | Patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus which includes a firm body support portion constructed of foam, with the foam halving a first side for placement on a bed or gurney, and the second side upon which the body of the patient would be laid. The foam apparatus would... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6061857 | Hugging mattress with holes for a user's arms This invention, the hugging mattress, consists of addition of two holes to any of the otherwise conventional mattress designs. Said holes go all the way through the mattress and are rectangular or oblong and situated near each end of the mattress at the a... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6052852 | Mattress having massage effect The invention provides a novel mattress having massage effect for being cushioned by a human back, and comprising an upholstered seat, a number of springs, a plurality of magnetic stones and an upholstery covering said upholstered seat; wherein, said upho... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5820573 | Body contour massage device and method A massage device disclosed consists of a rigid flat base (30), which when configured with contoured modules (34, 36, 38) and rigid pressure nibs (10, 12, 14) or blades (20, 24, 26, 28) contours the length of an adult human body. The device operates by arr... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5815862 | Portable orthopedic bed A portable orthopedic bed for the correct orthopedic support of a patient has a longitudinally adjacent array of laterally extending air inflatable chambers wherein the array has a first set of chambers and a second set of chambers. A set of chambers has ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5797153 | Orthopedic body pillow A sound sleep system and provides a full body length orthopedic posture pillow that maintains correct spinal posture during supine, side lying, and prone sleep positions.... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5720061 | Female anatomical mattress A female anatomical mattress including a generally rectangular body supporting structure. The body supporting structure has a pair of side walls with a continuous central section. The central section has an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel a... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5519907 | Device for relaxing the skeletal muscle system, in particular for the neck and lumbar vertebrae A device for relieving the skeletal muscles, especially for the neck and lumbar vertebrae, comprises a mat of foam material with transverse ribs projecting on the upper side and most of the ribs standing obliquely towards the foot side and a foam pillow w... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5509153 | Anatomical air mattress An anatomically shaped mattress is disclosed which includes a top surface, a substantially planar bottom surface, a face end, a foot end, and two opposing lateral sides connecting the face end to the foot end. A substantially planar central section which ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5247714 | Convertible mattress system Applicant's invention comprises a mattress system which may be used as a conventional mattress or with minor modification may have a recess formed at one end thereof whereby an individual's arm may be comfortably placed in such recess with the individual'... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5224226 | Body support structure A body support structure in the form of a mattress for supporting a person when lying thereon is provided. It comprises a body of resilient, compressible material, having a surface layer of resilient soft material. The body includes a head end edge and a ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5048137 | Edge-shear reduction in body support foam pads Shear stress on the skin is relieved at cavity edges in a resilient foam pad by cavity walls shaped to define a region of diminished support under the cavity edge. The edge material yields more easily under loading and may roll into the cavity to avoid pr... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4955096 | Anatomically contoured convoluted foam pad A foam pad containing slits in its upper surface is disclosed. In its preferred embodiment the pad is adapted to be positioned on a bed in a supporting relationship to a patient. The pad has head and foot supporting sections, each in the form of a convolu... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4837879 | Therapeutic mattress having lumbar support member A lumbar support mattress having a planar foam cushion with peaks and valleys of resilient material across one surface of the cushion. A curvilinear lumbar support member is adhered at the lower surface of the overlay.... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4825487 | Apparatus for the positioning of people, especially new-born babies, in a lying position The invention refers to an apparatus for the positioning of people, in particular new-born babies, especially during transport, in a lying position. It consists of an elastic deformable mat (10) which is provided with a filling material (17) made of addit... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4607403 | Infant support pads A patient and infant support pad and bolster are each formed of a flexible closed cover of generally rectangular configuration forming a chamber which is filled approximately 50% to 70% of its normal volume with relatively small expanded polystyrene beads... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4346486 | Tranquilizing bed A mattress, adapted to benefit an occupant in the prone position, having a convexity in the head and torso support area, means for producing a rising and falling motion of the convex support surface, and a sound projecting means located within the convexi... | 08/31/1982 |
