Portable vibrating baby soothing mat
AssigneeTranquilo, LLC
InventorMelissa G. Gersin
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Abstract
A flexible vibrating mat for soothing a child includes a plurality of electric vibratory motors and a plurality of cylindrical motor casings. Each motor casing is associated with a single electric vibratory motor and is generally the same size as the associated electric vibratory motor. The mat additionally includes a controller. The controller is configured to selectively electrically couple the plurality of electric vibratory motors to an electric power supply. The mat further includes a flexible core coupled with the plurality of motor casings and a water-resistant cover covering the core, the plurality of motor casings, and the controller.
Claims8
A flexible mat comprising:
- a flexible cushion layer;
- a plurality of vibration device assemblies coupled to the cushion layer in a plurality of rows and columns with each row having at least three of said assemblies, the vibration device assemblies being spaced apart from each other within the rows and columns, each vibration device assembly comprising an eccentric rotating mass vibratory motor and a generally cylindrical housing associated with the motor and being approximately the same size and shape as the motor, each housing having a length of equal to or less than two inches and having a central axis extending axially along the length, the central axes of the plurality of housings extending generally parallel to a width of the cushion layer to facilitate rolling of the mat, and
- the flexible cushion layer comprising an upper layer in direct contact with a lower layer, the upper and lower layers each being provided with a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities of the upper layer being associated with one of the cavities of the plurality of cavities of the lower layer so as to define pockets having a generally circular cross section, the vibration device assemblies being located within the pockets so as to be surrounded by flexible cushion layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.