Waterbed with supplemental support

In a waterbed:

• a water-filled mattress having a horizontally extending upper wall and a chamber containing a body of water for buoyantly supporting persons resting on the upper wall, a sheet of flexible material attached to the upper wall along two spaced apart lines extending widthwise across the mattress to form a pocket which is open on at least one side, a pair of cushions removably disposed in the pocket and positioned side-by-side widthwise of the bed for providing additional localized support for persons resting on the upper wall so that the persons are supported by a combination of the water and the cushions, and means releasably connecting the cushions together and permitting adjustment of the relative positions of the cushions lengthwise of the bed.

In a waterbed:

• a water-filled mattress having a horizontally extending upper wall and a chamber containing a body of water for buoyantly supporting persons resting on the upper wall, a sheet of flexible material attached to the upper wall along two spaced apart lines extending widthwise across the mattress to for a pocket which is open on at least one side, a pair of cushions positioned side-by-side within the pocket for providing additional localized support for persons resting on the upper wall so that the persons are supported by a combination of the water and the cushions, and means releasably connecting the cushions together and permitting adjustment of the relative positions of the cushions lengthwise of the bed within the pocket to support different portions of the bodies of the persons resting thereon.

In a waterbed:

• a water-filled mattress having a horizontally extending upper wall and a chamber containing a body of water for buoyantly supporting persons resting on the upper wall, means forming a pocket on the upper wall, and a pair of individually adjustable cushions positioned side-by-side within the pocket for providing additional localized support for persons resting on the upper wall so that the persons are supported by a combination of the water and the cushions.