Insulated puncture resistant inflatable mattress
AssigneeDennis V. Leggett
InventorDennis V. Leggett
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Abstract
A mattress is disclosed which eliminates components by combining structural integrity, air-impervious and insulating functions, thereby significantly reducing overall weight and increasing portability. In a particularly preferred embodiment the mattress is self-inflating. The semi-rigid cover provides the dimensional rigidity necessary to effect self-inflation. The increased thickness of the utilized cover component affords improved puncture resistance.
Claims9
An inflatable enclosure formed of substantially air-impermeable resilient closed-cell foam wherein the thickness and density of the closed-cell foam has been selected to provide semi-rigid characteristics between adjacent points of support comprising top and bottom surfaces connected at their edges to form the enclosure and having at least one closable means for admitting a fluid to and releasing fluid from the enclosure.
An inflatable enclosure formed of substantially air-impermeable closed-cell foam has been selected to provide semi-rigid characteristics between adjacent points of support comprising top and bottom surfaces connected at their edges to form the enclosure which contains a plurality of compressible resilient units attached to opposite points of the inside of said top surface and the inside of said bottom surface of said enclosure
- (a) to cause self-inflation of the enclosure when air or another fluid is admitted to the collapsed enclosure;
- and
- (b) to substantially reduce billowing when a weight is placed on the inflated enclosure;
- said enclosure having at least one closable means for admitting a fluid to and releasing fluid from the enclosure.
An inflatable enclosure formed of substantially air-impermeable material comprising top and bottom surfaces connected at their edges to form the enclosure which contains sufficient compressible resilient units attached to opposite points of the inside of said top surface and the inside of said bottom surface of said enclosure
- (a) to cause self-inflation of the enclosure when air or another fluid is admitted to the collapsed enclosure;
- and
- (b) to substantially reduce billowing when a weight is placed on the inflated enclosure;
- wherein at least one of
- (a) the surfaces of the compressible resilient units which are bonded to the inner surfaces of the enclosure, and
- (b) the areas of the inner surface to be bonded to the compressible resilient units,
- has been contoured to the approximate profile of the surfaces of the enclosure in the region of the bonds between said units and said surfaces when the enclosure is inflated;
- said enclosure having at least one closable means for admitting a fluid to and releasing fluid from the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.