Air adjustable water mattress
OwnerWalter W. Laneinventor
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Abstract
An air adjustable waterbed mattress which is adapted to support one or more persons on a sleeping surface. An air chamber unit is contained within a liquid-filled bladder and extends from one side of the bladder toward the other. On inflation, the air chamber unit supports a bladder-formed sleeping surface with the amount of support being determined by the amount of inflation. One or more air chamber units may be selectively positioned within the bladder and each unit is preferably formed of multiple chambers.
Claims11
In a waterbed of the type adapted to support one or more persons on a sleeping surfaces established by a confined, liquid-containing bladder, the sleeping surface having nominal head, foot and opposing side areas, the improvement which comprises:
- selectively inflatable air chamber means within said liquid-containing bladder and extending from one of said side areas toward the other of said side areas for adjusting the firmness of at least a portion of the sleeping surface between said head and foot area;
- means for selectively establishing the inflation level of said air chamber means;
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- means within said bladder for reducing wave motion therein, said wave motion reducing means comprising fibrous material formed in multiple sheets and interacting with said air chamber means to maintain the position of said air chamber means within said bladder, said air chamber means being positioned above at least some of said sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.