Float mattress
AssigneeHIS, Inc.
InventorJay DeYoe
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Abstract
A float mattress having a center of gravity low relative to its center of buoyancy is disclosed. The mattress comprises a bag formed of meshed fabric and granular, buoyant material contained within the bag. In a body of water, the mattress is stabilized by water passing freely through the bag to displace air within. The meshed fabric has openings smaller in size than the size of the granules of the material to contain the granules while allowing the water and air to pass therethrough. The mattress may also include a storage pouch accessibly mounted therein and a removable pillow of similar construction to the mattress.
Claims7
A float mattress comprising:
- chunks of granular, buoyant material;
- and
- bag means comprising a meshed fabric having openings smaller in size than the size of the chunks of granular material for containing the chunks of granular material while allowing water and air to pass freely through the fabric, the bag means being substantially and loosely filled with the granular material to provide a mattress that is longitudinally and laterally flexible,
- the mattress being sized and shaped to support a person resting thereon while the mattress floats in water, the mattress being stabilized by water freely passable through the bag means to displace air within the bag means.
A float mattress, comprising:
- granular, buoyant material;
- a bag formed of a meshed fabric having openings smaller in size than the size of the granules of material for containing the granules while allowing water and air to pass through the fabric;
- and
- a closable water permeable storage pouch of meshed fabric mounted within the bag and having an accessible opening in the top surface of the bag, the pouch extending into the granular material to allow the water to circulate through the storage pouch to cool the contents of the pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.