CA2620256A1 - Air mattress - Google Patents

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CA2620256A1
CA2620256A1 CA002620256A CA2620256A CA2620256A1 CA 2620256 A1 CA2620256 A1 CA 2620256A1 CA 002620256 A CA002620256 A CA 002620256A CA 2620256 A CA2620256 A CA 2620256A CA 2620256 A1 CA2620256 A1 CA 2620256A1
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Hiroshi Oonishi
Syunji Hama
Hidekazu Okazaki
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/10Fluid mattresses or cushions with two or more independently-fillable chambers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/081Fluid mattresses or cushions of pneumatic type
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/087Fluid mattresses or cushions with means for connecting opposite sides, e.g. internal ties or strips
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A61G7/05769Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers
    • A61G7/05776Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers with at least two groups of alternately inflated chambers

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Abstract

An air mattress capable of preventing its bottoming from occurring in an integrated mattress. The air mattress comprises three sheets (1 to 3) mutually overlapped with each other, adhered to each other at their peripheral parts, and brought into a sealed state. First layer air cells (6a, 6b) formed of tubular air cells in the lateral direction by the first and second sheets (1, 2). The second layer air cells (8) are formed of tubular air cells formed in the lateral direction by the second and third sheets (2, 3). The first layer air cells (6a, 6b) and the second layer air cells (8) are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in the longitudinal direction. The upper side first layer air cells (6a, 6b) are set to a low pressure so that bed-sore is hard to occur and the lower side second layer air cells (8) are set to a high pressure so that the bottoming is hard to occur (refer to Fig. 4).

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DESCRIPTION

TECHNICAL FIELD

[00011 The present invention relates to comfortable and safe air mattresses.

BACKGROiTND ART
[0002] It is often the case that conventional air mattresses are provided in the form of an integral air mattress structured by the welding of front and back sheets thereof at each edge (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Patent Document 1: Jap.anese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 7-308242 (FIG. 2) Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent No. 3290159 (FIG. 5) DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
[0003] In the case of using the air mattress as described above to prevent bedsores, the internal pressure of the air mattress is reg-ulated to be low to enhance body pressure dispersion performance. zn such a case, if the internal pressure becomes excessively low, caving-in might occur.
[0004] Also, in the cases of the edge structures as shown in FIG. 2 of Patent Document 1 and FIG. 5 of Patent Document 2, when the air mattress is filled with air, its side surfaces are roundly inflated, and therefore a problem might occur where the buttocks slip off the air mattress easily when they are placed at the edge of the air mattress while attempting to rise therefrom.
[0005] Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an objective thereof is to provide an integral air mattress capable of preventing caving-in, thereby allowing the buttocks to be stabilized at the edge of the air mattress.

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS
[0006] To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides an air mattress consisting of three sheets stacked and airtightly sealed at their circumferential portions, the mattress comprising: first-1.ayer air cells consisting of tubular air cells formed widthwise by the first and second sheets; and second-layer air cells consisting of tubular air cells formed widthwise by the second and third sheets, side surface members being interposed and joined between their respective side edges of the second and third sheets, the side surface members each including two side surface sheets joined on their respective side edges such that the joined portion faces inward, wherein the first-layer air cells and the second-layer air cells are arranged so as not to overlap in the longitudina].
direction; and wherein the underlying second-layer air cells are maintained roughly at a predetermined internal pressure, while the overlying first-layer air cells are set at a lower pressure than the second-layer air cells.
[0007]
[0008]
[0009] In addition, the first-layer air cells are classified into two alternately arranged systems, such that the two systems are alternately inflated and deflated independently of each other, while the second-layer air cells are maintained at a predetermined internal pressure.

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION
(0010] The air mattress of the present invention has a dual layer structure in which the first-layer air cells and the second-layer air cells are arranged so as not to overlap in the longitudinal direction, and therefore it is possible to regulate the first-layer air cellsand the second-layer cells independently of each other so as not to cause bedsores easily, while preventing caving-in.
[0011] Concretely, the overlaying first-layer air cells hold the body of the user with low pressure, thereby making it possible to pxevent bedsores. Simultaneous ly, the underlying second-layer air cells hold the body with higher pressure than the first-layer air cells, thereby making it possible to prevent caving-in.
[0012] Furthermore, when the air mattress is filled with air, the side surface portions have rectangular cross sections, allowing the buttocks not to slip off easily when they are placed at the edge of the air mattress while attempting to rise therefrom.
[0013] in addition, the first-layer air cells are classified into two alternately arranged systems, such that the two systems are alternately inf lated and def lated independently of each other, thereby making it possible to cyclically change the position at which to support the body of the user to provide further bedsore prevention. In this case also, the second-layer air cells are regulated so as to be inflated with high pressure, thereby making it possible to inhibit caving-in.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] [FIG. 1] Aperspective view of an air mattress according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(PIG. 2] A top view thereof.

[FIG. 3]A schematic perspective view illustrating the bonding relationship of first through third sheets.

[FIG. 41 A schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2.

[FIG. 5] A schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE CHARACTERS
[007.5] 1 first sheet 2 second sheet 3 third sheet 4 circumferential portion 5 first bonding portion 6a first-layer-system-A air cell 5 6b second-layer-system-B air cell 7 second bonding portion 8 second-layer air cell 9 side surface product 9a, 9b side surface sheet 10 air mattress BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0016] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present inventionwill be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0017] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an air mattress according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a top view thereof; FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the bonding relationship of first through third sheets; FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B
in FIG. 2; and the same or similar elements in the drawings are denoted by the same characters.

[0018] The air mattress 10 according to the present embodiment includes three flexible rectangular sheets, which are stacked together, from the top: first sheet 1, second sheet 2, and third sheet 3, and bonded at circumferenta.al portions 4.

[0019] The first sheet 1 and the second sheet 2 are bonded at first bonding portions 5, thereby forming first-layer-system--A
air cells 6a and first-layer-system-B air cells 6b.

[0020] in addition, the second sheet 2 and the third sheet 3 are bonded at second bonding portions 7, thereby forming second-layer air cells 8.

[0021] The three sheets 1 through 3 are bonded at the circumferential portions 4. In FIG. 2, the first bonding portions 5 at which to bond the first sheet I and the second sheet 2 are indicated by bold lines, and the second bonding portions 7 at which to bond the second sheet 2 and the third sheet 3 are indicatedbybroken lines. The first and second bonding portions 5 and 7 are each arranged so as not to overlap in the longitudinal direction. In addition, sloping arced portions between right and left air cell portions cause the bonding portions 5 and 7 not to overlap in the front-rear direction, as in Patent Document 2.
[0022] Since the first and second bonding portions 5 and 7 are bonded so as not to overlap with each other, thetubularaircells 6a, 6b, and 8 are formed with cross-sections not representing perfect circle segments but oval segments as shown in FIG. 4. As a result, the regulation as described below can be effectively carried out, and the surface of the air mattress that contacts the body during use is semioval, so that there is less surface irregularity compared to typical tubular air mats, enhancing reclining comfort.

[0023] in addition, the side surface portions are each formed by a side surface product 9 obtained by welding two side surface sheets 9a and 9b once only on their respective side edges 9c as shown in FYG. 5, and a non-welding material, such as an insulator or suchlike (e.g. , a polytetrafluoroethylene film), provided at non-welded side edges 9d of the side surface sheets 9a and 9b, the side surface product being disposed such that the welded portion 9c faces inward between the side edge portions of the second sheet 2 and the third sheet 3, and the side surface portion has a rectangular cross-section when filled with air.

[0024] Accordingly, when the air mattress 10 is filled with air, the side surface portions have rectangular cross sections, allowing the buttocks not to slip off easily when they are placed at the edge of the air mattress while attempting to rise therefrom.

Particularly, in the present embodiment, the hatchedportion shown in FIG. 5 indicates the second-layer air cell 8 that has been subjected to the side surface processing as described above, and therefore is regulatedsoas tobe always inflatedwithhighpressure, allowing further stable rising action.

[0025] During use, the first-layer-system-A air cells 6a and the first-layer-system-B air cells 6b are regulated so as to be inflated with low pressure in order not to cause bedsores easily, and the second-layer air cells 8 are regulated so as to be inflatied with high pressure in order not to cause caving-in easily.

[0026] As a result, portions of the air mattress 10 that are a in contact with the user are kept at low pressure so as to satisfactorily disperse body pressure. In addition, even if the f irst- layer air cells 6a and 6b at low pressure are heavilydepressed by rolling over in sleep, the first-layer air cells Ga and Gb are supported with high pressure by the underlying second-layer air cells 8, making it possible to inhibit caving-in.

[0027] In another regulation method, the first-layer- system-A
air cells 6a and the first-layer-system-B air cells Gb are alternately inflated and deflated independently of each other, thereby making it possible to cyclically change the position at which to support the body of the user to provide further bedsore prevention. In this case also, the second-layer air cells B are regulated so as to be inflated with high pressure, thereby making it possible to inhibit caving-in.

Claims (4)

  1. [1] An air mattress consisting of three sheets stacked and airtightly sealed at their circumferential portions, the mattress comprising: first-layer air cells consisting of tubular air cells formed widthwise by the first and second sheets; and second-layer air cells consisting of tubular air cells formed widthwise by the second and third sheets, side surface members being interposed and joined between their respective side edges of the second and third sheets, the side surface members each including two side surface sheets joined on their respective side edges such that the joined portion faces inward, wherein the first-layer air cells and the second-layer air cells are arranged so as not to overlap in the longitudinal direction; and wherein the underlying second-layer air cells are maintained roughly at a predetermined internal pressure, while the overlying first-layer air cells are set at a lower pressure than the second-layer air cells.
  2. [2] (deleted)
  3. [3] (deleted)
  4. [4] The air mattress according to claim 1, wherein the first-layer air cells are classified into two alternately arranged systems, such that the two systems are alternately inflated and deflated independently of each other, while the second-layer air cells are maintained roughly at a predetermined internal pressure.
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