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US 2019/0161985 A1Published application
Birthing pool
AssigneeBetter Products, Inc.
InventorDebra Nelson Thorpe
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Abstract
A birthing pool (10) includes an inflatable floor (12) consisting of a bottom layer (16) and a top layer (18) spaced apart from each other by a series of longitudinal floor beams (20). A separate inflatable perimeter wall (14) is composed of an outer layer (30) and an inner layer (32) spaced apart from each other by upright wall beams (34) that define a serpentine profile along the height of the perimeter wall.
Claims19
An inflatable birthing pool, comprising:
- (a) an inflatable substantially hollow floor section comprising a bottom layer and a top layer spaced above the bottom layer when the floor section is inflated, said floor section further comprising a plurality of floor beams extending between the top and bottom layers to divide the floor section into a plurality of chambers when the floor section is inflated;
- (b) an inflatable substantially hollow perimeter wall extending upwardly from the perimeter of the floor section to define a top, the perimeter wall comprising an outer layer and an inner layer spaced inwardly from the outer layer when the perimeter wall is inflated, said perimeter wall further comprising a plurality of upright wall beams extending between the outer layer and the inner layer of the perimeter wall to divide the perimeter wall into a series of upright chambers, each of the wall beams defining a serpentine profile along the length of the wall beams, the plurality of wall beams defining a first side edge attached to the outer layer and a second side edge attached to the inner layer.
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