CN1736293B

CN1736293B - Airbed combination

Info

Publication number: CN1736293B
Application number: CN200510093210.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·G·罗克斯塔德
Original assignee: Coleman Co Inc
Current assignee: Coleman Co Inc
Priority date: 2004-08-20
Filing date: 2005-08-19
Publication date: 2011-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 2025-08-19
Also published as: JP4971605B2; GB0516875D0; CN102188124A; CN1736293A; JP2006068513A; CA2514774A1; AU2005203745A1; FR2874489B1; US20060037144A1; FR2874489A1; GB0623479D0; GB2429910A; GB2429910B; GB2417198B; DE102005039334A1; GB2417198A

Abstract

An airbed combination having two twin size airbeds releasably attached along one upper edge (such as a connecting board) by a zipper and on the opposite side of the bed by another releasably connector (such as a hasp). These connections permit the two airbeds to be used at least three ways: stacked together as a twin double high bed, side by side together as a king size bed, and separated into two twin beds.

Description

Airbed combination

Affiliated technical field

The present invention relates to aerated product, more specifically relate to air mattress.

Technical background

Air mattress is also referred to as " air cushion " sometimes, is large-scale rubber or plastics (such as polyvinyl chloride) rectangle sack, it can be full of air and use as bed.Air mattress is well-known in the prior art, itself is proved to be very with practical value.On the one hand, air mattress can bleed off gas and fold up, and air mattress is stored in closet or the basement.On the other hand, going out to as the owner of guest or air mattress does not have the local whilst on tour of bed, its inflation can be used as bed.

Though for the air mattress its intended purposes, its performance is pretty good, but for using air mattress, a deficiency is exactly, most of traditional air mattress, and it highly has only 4～7 inches.Therefore, if air mattress is inflated and is placed on the floor, the user must stoop waist with strength and just can get on the air mattress, also is very hard and get up from air mattress.

A kind of air mattress that is used for head it off is exactly the air mattress of double altitudes pattern.As what can imagine nominally from it, the height of this air mattress is about twice of traditional air mattress, and therefore the space more than the floor is just more similar to traditional bed.Though the performance of the air mattress of this double altitudes is all right, they generally provide the bed as double bed, large size or extra large size, and more undersized bed is not provided.In addition, though the height of double altitudes air mattress provides certain comfort level, be not always to have living space for so large-scale air mattress.

Summary of the invention

Introduce the simplified summary of certain embodiments of the invention below, with to the invention provides a basic understanding.This is generally if it were not for extensive overview of the present invention.Be not to want to provide key element of the present invention or define scope of the present invention yet.Its unique purpose only is to introduce certain embodiments of the present invention with the form of simplifying, as the place mat of introducing in the back that more is described in detail.

One embodiment of the invention provide the air mattress of two fully same sizes, use such as slide fastener to connect (on such as connecting plate) along an one top edge, and it can be loaded and unloaded.Two air mattress can pass through another connector again, are connected such as snapping over their relative sides, and also be to load and unload.The connection that can load and unload like this can be used these two air mattress at least in three kinds of modes: be piled up become the twice height the bed, on side, be connected to become an extra large size double bed and separately become two same single beds with slide fastener.

According to an embodiment, a cover is provided, it is connecting at least one air mattress, and its function is to be used for wrapping up these air mattress when transportation or storage.The following seam crossing that one of can be connected in two air mattress such as, this cover.

By following being described in detail, other features of the present invention will become clearer with reference to accompanying drawing.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the Airbed combination stereogram according to one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is the stereogram that shows the Airbed combination of being made up of two air mattress that separate of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the Airbed combination that shows Fig. 1, the side view when two air mattress overlap.

Fig. 4 is the air mattress that shows according to one embodiment of the invention, the part figure of the details when slide fastener connects in the above.

Fig. 5 is the Airbed combination that shows Fig. 1 when being piled up stereogram when becoming the twice height.

Fig. 6 is the Airbed combination that shows Fig. 1, stereogram when folding and rolling the preparation storage.

The specific embodiment

In the narration below, various embodiments of the present invention will be described.In order to make an explanation, special shape and details are proposed, so that the thorough understanding to this embodiment to be provided.Yet, for the person skilled in the art, clearly specific details that need not be such also be can implement of the present invention.Have, for unlikely the embodiment that is illustrated is caused fuzzy understanding, well-known features all is cancelled or simplifies.

Accompanying drawing 1 referring now to performance Airbed combination 20 of the present invention.This Airbed combination 20 comprises the

air mattress

22,24 of the first and second same sizes, and they connect on side and can load and unload.Such as, as shown in FIG. 1, the top side of two

air mattress

22,24 can be connected by slide fastener 26.Though this shown embodiment has shown the air mattress of the same size that is used for Airbed combination 20, also can use the air mattress of other sizes, this comprises double bed, large size, extra large size or custom-sized air mattress.

According to an embodiment, slide fastener 26 is made up of two zipper strips that separate, and they are connected to the side of

air mattress

22,24 and the junction at top.In one embodiment, for air mattress provides a seam, and slide fastener just is connected on this seam in this junction.As what known, when two sheet material that constitute air mattress were fused, the junction of welding had just formed a seam.This seam has comprised the edge fit material that has more, and they are generally protruding at seam crossing.In traditional air mattress, be to form this seam at the roof of air mattress and the sidewall junction of air mattress, similarly also form this seam in the junction of diapire and sidewall.In one embodiment of the invention, zipper strip 26 just is connected on this edge fit, on the edge fit that is connected roof and sidewall seam crossing.Example for the edge fit 100 of this seam is presented among Fig. 4.

Though zipper strip can directly be connected on the edge fit 100, this edge fit material is can be avulsed, therefore can not provide very solid set by abutment joint.For zipper strip 102 directly is connected on the edge fit 100,, between the edge fit 100 of zipper strip 104 and air mattress, to provide central strip 104 materials according to embodiment of the present invention.This central strip material is preferably by can forming with the composition of edge fit welding, and it comprises a kind of structure, such as being non-weaving cloth, zipper strip 102 can being sewn onto on the central strip, thereby zipper strip is fixed on the central strip.By this way, 104 pairs of zipper strips 102 of central strip play a part fixing.Thereby just reduced the danger that zipper strip tears from seam.In one embodiment, central strip 104 is made of the non-weaving cloth that has flooded polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and air mattress (therefore comprising edge fit 100) is also made by PVC.Therefore, the PVC on the central strip 104 can with edge fit 100 weldings, and zipper strip 102 can (by such as sewing up) be fixed on the non-woven material of central strip 104.

Can provide another kind removably to connect at the opposite side of air mattress 22,24.Such as in the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing 1, this can load and unload connection is made up of two hasps 28, and this hasp 28 comprises the ledge 29 that extends in the relative air mattress upper shed 29.This hasp 28 can welding on an air mattress, opening 29 can be the structure of a kind of welding on another air mattress.Can use other connector, this includes but not limited to hook-loop securing member, slide fastener, rope, hook, ring and bolt, clip or other suitable connectors.

Loaded and unloaded connection in the air mattress both sides makes two

air mattress

22,24 have at least three kinds of modes to use.What show in Fig. 1 is first kind of mode, and this moment, slide fastener 26 was pulled on, and two

air mattress

22,24 also discharge the neat bed that forms extra large size.What demonstrate at Fig. 5 is the second way, and this moment, two beds overlaped (referring to Fig. 3), built up the double altitudes bed.In this embodiment, slide fastener 26 all is connected with hasp 28, makes

air mattress

22,24 keep correct position.What show in Fig. 2 is the third mode, and this moment, two air mattress were divided into the single bed (being that slide fastener 26 and hasp 28 are all opened) of two same sizes.

According to another embodiment, can provide removably to connect, such as slide fastener 26, with a side of

connection air mattress

22,24, and can provide a nonvolatil connection, such as two air mattress are welded together in a relative side of two air mattress 22,24.In such embodiments, first and second planforms of narrating in the paragraph are in the above provided.In other words, two

air mattress

22,24 can keep flat the bigger surface of formation side by side, such as the extra large size double bed, perhaps can stack formation double altitudes bed, such as contour double altitudes bed.Yet, because this nonvolatil connection makes that two beds can not be as separating the third planform.But, by providing single loaded and unloaded connection along a side, the user still has the flexibility of using this Airbed combination.

According to an embodiment, (as in Fig. 6), a cover 122 is connected above in the

air mattress

22,24 one, the planform of this cover makes when discharge air from air mattress, cover can launch and encase air mattress, air mattress is rolled and/or built up planform closely.As an example, this cover 122 can be connected on the following edge fit of air mattress 24, perhaps descends on the last edge fit of air mattress 22.Venting in the time of

air mattress

22,24 can being stacked as shown in Figure 5, folding and be rolled into as shown in FIG. 6 tight shape along the direction of length then.

Central strip 124 couples together cover 122 and air mattress.This central strip 124 can with the edge fit welding, the securing member (such as snag) that can have central strip of being similar to 104 makes and cover can be sewn on the edge fit.

Rope 126,128 side along cover 122 in formation passage on the cover launches.This rope 126,128 can be free to slide in this passage, but also can be fixed on the position, and making has a pin to be sewn on each root rope through cover.

After the shape that compresses is rolled and/or be folded into to

air mattress

22,24, cover 122 is pulled upwardly to be enclosed in around the air mattress of rolling, and wraps in around the air mattress then.Tension rope 126,128 is tied the end of every rope, makes to fasten cover 122 around the air mattress end and surround air mattress.In other embodiments, replace rope with hasp, hook-loop securing member, clip, clasp, hook or other suitable securing members or fastening structure.

Under final state, cover 122 encases air mattress 22,24.Cover 122 makes can be stored and transport after

air mattress

22,24 venting.Can load onto a handle 130 in the outside of cover 122, be used for carrying the

air mattress

22,24 of rolling and tightening.

Various alternative plans are all in the scope of spirit of the present invention.Therefore, the present invention allows various the change and alternative structure, has as above only at length narrated some illustrative embodiment that demonstrates in the accompanying drawings.Yet should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited in the particular forms disclosed, otherwise, as long as in the claims within the defined spirit of the present invention, can cover all variation and the scheme of alternative structure and equivalence.

In narration of the present invention (in the special claim below), unless explanation is arranged in the text in addition, word " a kind of " and " being somebody's turn to do " and similar speech both can refer to that odd number also can refer to plural number.Term " by ... form ", " having ", " comprising " and " containing " all be meant open architecture (meaning that promptly means " including but not limited to ").Term " connection " means the part or the meaning that is comprised in all over wherein, is attached thereto or combines, and also is fine therebetween even there is some thing to get involved.The value of cited in this article scope except as otherwise noted, only refers to the value out of the ordinary in this scope, the value out of the ordinary that the value out of the ordinary of each in explanation all is in this article to be quoted.Xu Shu all methods illustrate or spell out on the contrary unless have in addition in this article, otherwise can carry out with any order in this article.Any and all embodiment that provided in this article or the language of illustrative (such as " such as ... "), only be for better explanation embodiment of the present invention, scope of the present invention is not construed as limiting except as otherwise noted.Language in explanation should not be formed in the factor of implementing to point out not propose when of the present invention the claim content.

Narrate the preferred embodiments of the invention in this article, comprised the enforcement best Implementation Modes of the present invention known to the inventor.For persons skilled in the art, to read on the basis of narrating previously, the version of these preferred embodiments all is readily appreciated that.The inventor expects that the professional can suitably utilize the embodiment of these variations, and the inventor wishes not only to implement the present invention in mode described herein.Therefore, present invention includes and be cited as all changes scheme that suitable law permits and the scheme of equivalence in the claims.Moreover, spelling out except as otherwise noted or on the contrary, any combination of above-mentioned key element in all possible embodiment all comprises within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. Airbed combination, it comprises

First air mattress;

Second air mattress, this first and second air mattress respectively has first and second sides, this first and second side is positioned at the relative side of this air mattress, this first air mattress has the seam of the junction of the roof that is formed at its first side and described first air mattress, and this second air mattress has the seam of the junction of the roof that is formed at its first side and described second air mattress;

First can load and unload connector, its position makes with planform and is connected with first and second air mattress along the first side of two air mattress, and be removably, this first can load and unload connector and be connected on the seam of described first air mattress and described second air mattress; And

Second can load and unload connector, and its position releasably is connected with first and second air mattress with the feasible second side along two air mattress of planform,

Wherein first can load and unload connector and make first and second air mattress can be used in first planform, first and second air mattress keep flat side by side also to discharge the neat bed that constitutes bigger surface in first planform, and wherein first can load and unload connector and make first and second air mattress can be used in second planform, first and second air mattress stack and constitute the double altitudes bed in second planform.

2. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 1, it also comprises a cover, these two air mattress are used for packing into when air mattress is deflated.

3. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 2, wherein this cover is connecting at least one in first and second air mattress.

4. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 3, wherein this cover is connecting first air mattress through a material strips, and this material strips welding is on first air mattress and comprise cover is fixed on structure on this.

5. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 4, wherein first air mattress is made of the material that comprises polyvinyl chloride, and described is to be made of the material that comprises polyvinyl chloride and supatex fabric.

6. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein first can load and unload connector and comprises a slide fastener.

7. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein first can load and unload connector and comprises at least a member in one group of hook-loop securing member, slide fastener, rope, hook, ring and cover and the clip.

8. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first can load and unload connector and comprise a hasp, and this snaps over has a projection on first air mattress, have the opening that is used for receiving this projection on second air mattress.

9. Airbed combination, it comprises:

First air mattress;

Its position is along the first side of two air mattress and connecting the slide fastener of first and second air mattress, described slide fastener comprises two zipper strips that separate, article one, zipper strip is connected on the seam of described first air mattress, and another zipper strip is connected on the seam of described second air mattress

Wherein slide fastener makes first and second air mattress can be used in first planform, first and second air mattress keep flat side by side also to discharge the neat bed that constitutes bigger surface in first planform, and wherein slide fastener makes first and second air mattress can be used in second planform, and first and second air mattress stack and constitute the double altitudes bed in second planform.

10. Airbed combination as claimed in claim 9, a wherein said zipper strip is connecting first air mattress through first material strips, this material strips and the welding mutually of first air mattress, and comprise zipper strip is fixed on structure on first material strips.

11. as the Airbed combination of claim 10, wherein this first air mattress constituent material comprises that polyvinyl chloride constitutes, this first material strips constituent material comprises polyvinyl chloride and braid.

12. as the Airbed combination of claim 11, the wherein edge fit welding mutually on this first material strips and first air mattress.

13. as the Airbed combination of claim 10, the wherein edge fit welding mutually on this first material strips and first air mattress.

14. as the Airbed combination of claim 10, wherein said another zipper strip is connected with second air mattress through second material strips, this material strips and the welding mutually of second air mattress, and comprise described another zipper strip is fixed on structure on second material strips.

15. as the Airbed combination of claim 14, wherein first and second air mattress are made of the material that comprises polyvinyl chloride, and first and second material strips are made of the material that comprises polyvinyl chloride and supatex fabric.

16. as the Airbed combination of claim 15, wherein first material strips is fused on the edge fit on first air mattress, and wherein this second material strips is fused on the edge fit on second air mattress.

17. as the Airbed combination of claim 14, wherein this first material strips is fused on the edge fit on first air mattress, and wherein this second material strips is fused on the edge fit on second air mattress.