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US 5,692,258 AGranted
Body support arrangement
OwnerGordon D. Griffininventor
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Abstract
A body support arrangement comprising a pair of flexible elongate tubes (12) forming air springs openings located in spaced parallel relationship by stabilizer members (14) which space and impart lateral stability to the tubes (12). A body support surface is formed by a series of slats (20) extending transversely of and resting on the tubes (12). The slats (20) are fixedly attached, for example by adhesive, to a flexible sheet (22).
Claims11
A method of providing a flexible body support system comprising the steps of,
- providing at least two flexible elongated air filled tubes,
- maintaining said tubes in spaced, substantially parallel relationship by spacer means and disposed longitudinally in said support system,
- providing a body support surface on said tubes formed by a series of spaced apart parallel body support members laying on but not attached to said tubes and extending transversely of said tubes,
- maintaining said body support members spacing during the use of the support of the system without the use of a systems of guides,
- maintaining said tubes spacing without the use of members which would make the support system rigid in the longitudinal direction of said tubes and
- enclosing said tubes, said body support surface and said spacer means within a cover.
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