CN1738563A

CN1738563A - Inflatable device

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Publication number: CN1738563A
Application number: CN 200380108885
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗伯特·B·查飞
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-11-18
Filing date: 2003-11-18
Publication date: 2006-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 2023-11-18
Also published as: CN100486487C

Abstract

The invention relates to an inflatable device comprising an electromechanical device and a self-sealing valve, and in particular, to any inflatable device that includes the assembly. In some embodiments, at least a portion of a fluid controller is coupled to and supported by an inflatable bladder of an inflatable device. The fluid controller may be located in a compartment, and the compartment may be within the profile of the bladder. The inflatable device may be a single bladder mattress or a dual bladder mattress. The inflatable device may include a heater or an articulation device. The inflatable device may be multi-positional device or have a storage compartment. The inflatable device may be configurable using one or more members such as a membrane or fasteners.

Description

Aerating device

Technical field of the present invention

This invention relates to aerating device, specifically, relates to inflatable bracing or strutting arrangement.

Prior art of the present invention

Aerating device is used to variously need that buoyancy or mattress support, the space is limited or wish portable environment.For example, inflatable heelpiece, the body support of mat and other be used to such as camp, hospital's bed clothes and the application every day or the bed clothes that use once in a while at home.Such aerating device has additional advantage, and promptly the gas charging degree of Zhi Chenging can be adjusted the even support of irregularly shaped object (for example, human body) in order to provide.The example of other aerating device comprises canoe, raft and other device that uses in water, use aerating device to have the support of benefiting, health, comfortable and safe in this case.

Aerating device generally includes the inflation that is used for device and the valve of venting.Aerating device valve may comprise the self-tightening sealing valve, for example, by be cited in this with describe in No. the 6th, 237,621, its United States Patent (USP) of all incorporating into those.Aerating device also may comprise the mechanism such as manual or electrodynamic pump, aid-device inflation and/or venting.

General introduction of the present invention

A first aspect of the present invention is pointed to a kind of aerating device, comprising: (A) inflatable bladder; (B) flow governor, the latter comprises: (i) with inflatable bladder coupling and be subjected to the valve of its support, valve is dispose and arranges for flowing of control fluid turnover bladder, and valve forms sealing so that the fluid pressure that responds inside the bladder maintains fluid in the bladder; (ii) for when mechanical device works, opening the mechanical device that valve disposes and arranges.

Described aerating device may comprise further with bladder and be coupled as the separation of packing valve into and disposing and arranging that described separation is fit to accept the charging fluid of self-pumping.In some embodiments, valve is to comprise the self-tightening sealing valve that prevents the lid of valve open when being adapted at having air pressure in the described separation, wherein lid and mechanical device are configurations like this, consequently its biasing uncap when mechanical device works.The self-tightening sealing valve may further be included as the fluid pressure that responds the bladder the inside and form sealing and the barrier film of configuration and arrangement, and its septation and mechanical device are configurations like this, so that when mechanical device works, its biasing uncap and barrier film.Non-essential be that mechanical device is loaded into separation.Mechanical device may and be supported by bladder with the bladder coupling.In some embodiments, mechanical device comprises electro-mechanical devices.

In some embodiments, electro-mechanical devices is fit to and is fit to charging fluid offered that the pump of described separation is collaborative to be opened valve and inflate to bladder.Non-essential be that electro-mechanical devices is fit to open valve, and the fluid in the bladder is bled off.In some embodiments, pump is by flexible pipe and separation coupling.Pump may be enclosed within the acoustic material.In some embodiments, separation is along the profile of inflatable bladder or arranges within the profile of inflatable bladder.

Aerating device may be a heelpiece.Heelpiece may comprise supplementary material, and the part of flow governor is being supported by supplementary material at least in part.In some embodiments, the part of pump is being supported by supplementary material at least in part.Pump may supported by inflatable bladder.

Another aspect of the present invention points to inflatable heelpiece, comprising: (A) first inflatable bladder; (B) adjoin second inflatable bladder of arrangement with first inflatable bladder; (C) flow governor, comprising: (i) with first bladder coupling and be subjected to first valve of its support, first valve is dispose and arranges for the control fluid passes in and out flowing of first bladder, and wherein the formation of first valve seals so that the fluid pressure that responds in first bladder maintains fluid in first bladder; (ii) with second bladder coupling and be subjected to second valve of its support, second valve is be configured and arrange for the control fluid passes in and out flowing of first bladder, and second valve forms sealing and so that respond the fluid pressure of second bladder the inside fluid maintained in second bladder; And (ii) for being in first position of working at electro-mechanical devices when, opening first valve and when electro-mechanical devices is in second position of working, open the electro-mechanical devices that second valve disposes and arranges; And (D) and bladder be coupled as the separation of packing first valve and second valve into and disposing and arranging, described separation is fit to accept the charging fluid of self-pumping.

In some embodiments, separation flushes with the heelpiece profile or within the heelpiece profile.In some embodiments, separation is a V-arrangement.Non-ly essential be, electro-mechanical devices is configuration like this, so that in first position and have charging fluid to offer in the described separation of working, first bladder is filled by fluid, and when described electro-mechanical devices was in second work position and charging fluid and offers described separation, second bladder was filled by fluid.In some embodiments, separation flushes with the combination profile of first bladder and second bladder or within described combination profile.Electro-mechanical devices may comprise the transmission arm of opening first valve at least.Electro-mechanical devices may comprise the transmission arm of opening first valve and second valve.In some embodiments, described transmission arm is arc (arcurate).

Another aspect of the present invention points to inflatable heelpiece, comprising: inflatable bladder; Articulated mounting, comprise: inflatable bladder is supported on supporting construction on the floor, described supporting construction has numerous zones and at least one seam of arranging along the length of supporting construction, and each all is positioned at middle some described zones of adjoining described at least one seam.

In some embodiments, articulated mounting comprises relative to another regional at least one regional motor that moves.In some embodiments, described zone is made up of leg area, torso area and head zone.Aerating device may be a heelpiece.Aerating device may be an airbed.Aerating device may be adapted at articulated mounting work in the venting.Aerating device may be adapted at articulated mounting worked afterwards in once more the inflation.In some embodiments, one of described at least zone comes down to continuous.In other embodiment, each described zone in fact all is continuous.

Another aspect of the present invention points to aerating device, comprising: first inflatable bladder; With adjoin second inflatable bladder of arrangement with first bladder, described first bladder and second bladder are adapted under the first corresponding air-fill levels health being maintained first body position, and health are maintained second body position under second air-fill levels of correspondence.

Aerating device may further comprise the comfort liner that is arranged at least on one of first bladder and second bladder.In some embodiments, first body position is flat crouching, and second body position is to sway.In some embodiments, first air-fill levels of first bladder is higher than second air-fill levels of first bladder, and first air-fill levels of second bladder is higher than second air-fill levels of second bladder.First bladder may be fit to support user's trunk, and second bladder is a pillow.

Another aspect of the present invention points to inflatable body support, comprising: inflatable bladder; With with the removable support of turning up the soil and being connected and be fit to supporting inflatable bladder of inflatable bladder, described support comprises the separation that is arranged in below the inflatable bladder.Inflatable body support may further comprise with removable the turning up the soil of described support and be connected and inflatable bladder is supported on framework above the separation.

Inflatable bladder can hingedly be coupled with support.In some embodiments, inflatable bladder is by the framework and hingedly support coupling hinged with support.In some embodiments, inflatable bladder is an airbed.In other embodiment, inflatable bladder is a chair.Framework may be fit to relative support slippage, rotates or lift inflatable bladder.In some embodiments, inflatable body support further comprises the relative support slippage of allowance, the rail that rotates and lift inflatable bladder, guide rail or track.In some embodiments, inflatable body support further comprises the locking mechanism that inflatable bladder is maintained the position of rising.

Another aspect of the present invention points to the method for using the be shaped aerating device that comprises inflatable bladder and at least one setting member, wherein said at least one setting member and described inflatable bladder be combination like this so that inflatable bladder under venting condition, be different in essence in inflatable bladder inflated shapes alone with the overall shape of described setting member combination, described method comprises following behavior: adjust at least one setting member and make it corresponding to first shape of selecting; Make it first shape that reaches selected to inflatable bladder inflation; Adjusting at least one setting member makes it corresponding to the second selected shape; With second shape that makes it to bladder inflation or venting to reach selected.

Described method may further be included in the first selected shape behavior that first with health uses aerating device and use aerating device with the second portion of health in the second selected shape.In some embodiments, first adjustment behavior forms and is fit to the device that head uses, and second adjustment behavior forms the device that is fit to the use of one of back and shank.In some embodiments, the behavior that bladder is inflated to the first selected shape forms the bolster of first size, and the behavior that bladder is inflated to the second selected shape is formed the bolster of second size.In some embodiments, one of at least the first shape and second shape right and wrong are columnar.In some embodiments, at least one securing member directly is connected with inflatable bladder.In some embodiments, adjustment makes at least one setting member make it to comprise the adjustment rigid member corresponding to the behavior of the second selected shape.

Another aspect of the present invention points to the method for using the be shaped aerating device that comprises bladder, and described method comprises following behavior: adjust bladder and make it corresponding to the first selected shape; Make it first shape that reaches selected to inflatable bladder inflation; Adjusting bladder makes it corresponding to the second selected shape; With make it second shape that reaches selected for described bladder inflation or venting.In some embodiments, adjusting bladder makes it to meet the behavior of the first selected shape and adjusts one of behavior that bladder makes it to meet the second selected shape to comprise folding bladder.

Another aspect of the present invention points to inflatable airbed, comprising: inflatable bladder; With the heater that adjoins inflatable bladder.In some embodiments, heater is made up of the resistor disc that is arranged in the adhesive tape on the bladder at least one.In some embodiments, bladder has length, and at least one resistor disc extends along the whole length of bladder in fact.Heater may be to arrange equably along the size of heelpiece.In some embodiments, heater is only to arrange along the part of heelpiece.

Another aspect of the present invention point to use comprise inflatable bladder, superficial layer and be arranged in bladder and superficial layer between the method for aerating device in first intermediate layer, described method comprises following behavior: remove first intermediate layer; And second intermediate layer is placed on the position that is arranged between bladder and the superficial layer.In some embodiments, first intermediate layer is made up of one of following material at least: foamed plastics, cotton and fine hair.In some embodiments, first intermediate layer and second intermediate layer comprise mutually the same material.In some embodiments, first intermediate layer and second intermediate layer comprise the material that differs from one another.

Brief Description Of Drawings

These accompanying drawings are not inclined in proportion and draw.In these accompanying drawings, each of various accompanying drawing illustrated same or almost same parts be with similar numeral performance.For clear, be not that each parts all is marked out in every accompanying drawing.In these accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of an embodiment that comprises the fluid displacement apparatus of valve of the present invention and electro-mechanical devices;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of another embodiment of mobile device that comprises the fluid of two valves of the present invention and numerous exciting banks;

Fig. 3 A is the cutaway view of another embodiment of the invention, comprising the fluid displacement apparatus under first kind of condition, two valves and transmission device;

Fig. 3 B illustrates embodiment shown in Fig. 3 A of the present invention under second kind of condition;

Fig. 4 A-4C illustrates another embodiment with the transmission component of self-tightening sealing valve combination of the present invention;

Fig. 5 A-5C illustrates the imitated embodiment of aerating device, the wherein part of flow governor and inflatable bladder coupling, and also the part of flow governor is supporting with the branch inflatable bladder at least;

Fig. 6 A-6C is the illustration of the imitated embodiment of dual bladder mattress, wherein first inflatable bladder and second inflatable bladder all with public fluid control fluid coupling;

Fig. 7 A-7C is the illustration of the imitated embodiment of heelpiece and dependency structure;

Fig. 8 A-8D is the illustration of imitated embodiment that comprises the aerating device of multiposition body support;

Fig. 9 A-9B is the signal illustration that comprises the embodiment of the aerating device of storing separation;

Figure 10 A-10C illustrates the aerating device embodiment that comprises the inflatable bladder that makes up with barrier film;

Figure 11 A-11D illustrates can be shaped the imitated embodiment of aerating device of the inflatable bladder that comprises with outer membrane combination;

Figure 12 A-12B illustrates embodiment exemplary and comprises the inflatable bladder of being enclosed outer diaphragm use securing member;

Figure 13 a-13H illustrates inflatable bladder and is attached to embodiment further exemplary on the outer diaphragm;

Figure 14-15 illustrates to include and can be enclosed in or partly wrap in that being used within the cover layer inflates and the be shaped aerating device additional embodiment of the inflatable bladder of the valve of exitting;

Figure 16-18 illustrates as serving as neck or thigh support and serve as the be shaped aerating device that the pillow of lumbar support is shaped in second air-fill levels in first air-fill levels;

Figure 19-20 illustrates another embodiment that can realize the aerating device of different functions in different air-fill levels.

Detailed description of the present invention

This invention is not limited to the structure of parts statement or that illustrate and the details of arrangement in the following description in its application facet in those accompanying drawings.The present invention can be enough other embodiment embody and put into practice or implement in various mode.In addition, wording and term are should not treat as restriction for description as used herein." comprise ", " comprising " or the use of " having ", " comprising " or " comprising " and their variation mean project and its coordinate and the additional project of listing thereafter of including in this article.

As used herein, " inflatable " will be understood that it is can enough any fluid inflations such as gas, air, liquid.As used herein, " aerating device " comprises at least one can inflate and seal and impermeable bladder of fluid that may comprise many kinds of shapes, size, structure and materials.

One aspect of the present invention relates to and can use biasing to open the self-tightening sealing valve of valve together with electro-mechanical devices.Specifically, in one embodiment, the present invention relates to the self-tightening sealing valve that under the pressure of opening under the pressure of fluid displacement apparatus to aerating device inflation and fluid that need just can be in not coming self-inflator, to close from any help of electro-mechanical devices.In this embodiment, electro-mechanical devices is used for biasing and opens valve so that partly exit to major general's aerating device, for example, adjusts the amount of fluid in the aerating device and aerating device fully exitted.For example, the self-tightening sealing valve can be opened the transient continuous time by electro-mechanical devices so that adjust amount of fluid in the aerating device, and can be biased and open so that aerating device is fully exitted.As an alternative, in this of Miao Shuing or the following any embodiment, electro-mechanical devices also may be used for opening valve at aeration period in this article.

In another embodiment, the present invention includes the electro-mechanical devices with self-tightening sealing valve coupling, wherein electro-mechanical devices comprises and is not connected with valve but changes into and can be moved to the transmission arm of opening the self-tightening sealing valve with self-tightening sealing valve contact bias.In this embodiment, in the closed position, or be different from any position of open position, electro-mechanical devices all can not contact with the self-tightening sealing valve member with transmission arm.Another embodiment of the invention comprises electro-mechanical devices and two valve members, comprises one of the impermeable bladder of each fluid of the aerating device of at least two impermeable bladders of fluid.In this embodiment, electro-mechanical devices can be used for setovering opening a self-tightening sealing valve at every turn, so that adjust the amount of fluid inside the impermeable bladder of fluid that is coupled with corresponding self-tightening sealing valve or fully exit for the impermeable bladder of fluid.Other embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

As will be in this announcement, some advantages of the various embodiment of the present invention comprise with traditional valve with solenoid combination compare power demand that reduces the electromechanical transmission device in fact and the operation cycle that reduces the electromechanical transmission device in fact.Another advantage is that numerous electro-mechanical devices of the thing of solenoid and motor and so on that comprise can get up to use with at least one self-tightening sealing valve combination.The another one advantage is that valve of the present invention and electro-mechanical devices can be used to provide numerous adjustment functions neatly, for example, and for the control of the comfortableness of aerating device provides less inflation/deflation adjustment, and inflation of the substance of aerating device or venting.

Otherwise in conventional apparatus, solenoid combines use with the valve of aerating device.In such aerating device, valve uses the spring handle valve to maintain the normal bias closed position usually.Solenoid provide with valve usually and also normally for overcome power that the spring handle valve is biased to the closed position open valve in accordance with regulations size make and arrange.Such solenoid is the center of laying the valve diaphragm usually.In such arrangement, the strength that valve is biased to the spring of closed position must maintain the closed position with valve when being inflated with convenient aerating device greater than the maximum internal air pressure in the aerating device.Therefore, solenoid must be for providing the power that provides than spring the big power of opening valve size making and arrangement in accordance with regulations.In addition, because spring normally is biased to the closed position with valve, solenoid has been necessary for to the aerating device inflation usually and has drained two purposes of air in the aerating device and be endowed the energy of opening valve.

This arrangement causes solenoid to aerating device inflation or with long operation cycle of aerating device venting, because solenoid must all be endowed energy in whole inflation or deflation course.In addition, solenoid must be to be enough to overcome the power that valve is maintained the closed position size making in accordance with regulations that spring provides for providing, so normally size is big, power consumption is high, expensive solenoid device.In addition, this arrangement exist can offer aerating device with the same shortcoming usually of fluid discharged quantity from aerating device because solenoid can only or be closed to single position with valve open usually.In addition, solenoid electromechanical assembly limits flow path usually, therefore needs to give enough inflation or the deflation times of aerating device.For example, Select Comfort ^The airbed that this typical case is arranged will spend about 10 minutes and inflate.Therefore, there is the shortcoming that can not control the amount of fluid of aerating device the inside in the time limit of filling part in this arrangement.Specifically, oversize usually with the time of the air-fill levels of this arrangement fine setting aerating device.

It will be appreciated that valve of the present invention and electromechanical device combination can use as the substitute or the alternative of the independent valve of aerating device.For example, valve of the present invention and electro-mechanical devices can be used in by being cited in this United States Patent (USP) of incorporating into the 5th, 267, No. 363 (below be referred to as " No. 363 patents ") and the 5th, 367, within the fluid displacement apparatus and valve combination that No. 726 (below be referred to as " No. 726 patents ") disclosed, so that give inflatable mattress inflation and control amount of fluid in the described mattress.People also should figure out, though valve that the present invention enumerates and electromechanical device combination can be used for being the amount of fluid in aerating device inflation, venting and the control aerating device usually, but this combination can be used with any aerating device, for example: inflatable furniture; Or such as chair, heelpiece and pillow the support project; Inflatable safety device such as life preserver, dividing plate, cushioning fender and liner; Inflatable medical apparatus such as support, tube and fixator; Inflatable luggage device such as filler and luggage lining material; Inflatable entertainment device such as swimming auxiliary equipment, drift, tube and lifebuoy; The inflatable vehicles and vehicles parts such as canoe, raft and tire; Inflatable supporting construction such as building, portable fence, platform, slope; Inflatable body support such as chair cushion, backrest, mattress.

People also should figure out, hereinafter of the present invention any valve of Jie Shiing and electromechanical device combination can both be used together with any fluid displacement apparatus, for example, by being cited in this United States Patent (USP) of incorporating into the 6th, 237, No. 653 that disclosed, that disclosed and by being cited in those fluid displacement apparatus that this pendent U.S. Patent application of incorporating into is disclosed for the 10/113rd, No. 836 by being cited in No. the 09/859th, 706, pendent U.S. Patent application that this incorporates into.

People will further figure out, and valve of the present invention and electromechanical device combination are used in the pressure limit of approximately from 0 to 1 pound/square inch (following usefulness " psi " expression) usually.Yet, people also should figure out, valve of the present invention and electromechanical device combination can approximately used and still suitably move at the sort of pressure lower valve and electro-mechanical devices under any pressure more than the 1psi, for example, provide and to be sealed by the aerating device that the electro-mechanical devices biasing is opened, and such pressure limit within the scope of the present invention.It will be understood that, as as used herein, pressure limit from approximate 0psi to about 1psi is understood that low pressure range, and the pressure limit from about 1psi to 2psi is understood that medium pressure range, and the pressure limit from about 2psi to 5psi is understood that higher pressure limit.

Referring now to Fig. 1, illustrate the cutaway view of an embodiment of valve and electromechanical device combination according to aspects of the present invention.Specifically, illustrate at least in part within having as the aerating device 12 of the outer wall 14 of the impermeable bladder of fluid or with the fluid displacement apparatus 100 of described aerating device 12 couplings.Specifically, the impermeable bladder 14 of fluid separates the inside 16 of the outside of aerating device with aerating device.In this embodiment, valve 10 comprises that qualification can shift into and migrate out the outer wall 20 and the valve wall 24 of circular orifice 26 of the inside 16 of aerating device by its fluid.Circular orifice preferably has about 1 inch or bigger diameter.Yet people should figure out, and this diameter also can be less than 1 inch, for example in 3/8 inch to 3/4 inch scope, so that be coupled with the pipe-line system of diameter in this scope.Valve also comprises from the aperture 26 of diameter 25 to the tapered wall of the outer wall 20 of the diameter 30 that increases, to form conical valve seat 28.The self-tightening sealing valve also comprise normally circular, deformable, flexible and also hereto embodiment have less than aperture 26 than large-diameter region 30 and greater than barrier film 40 than the diameter of minor diameter 25.

Yet people should figure out, and according to the present invention, as long as for aerating device provides the sealing of filling part, barrier film 40 can be Any shape, material, size and structure.In the embodiment of enumerating, valve 10 comprises the self-tightening sealing valve of barrier film 40 in closed position and valve seat 28 matched seal apertures 26.In one embodiment, Rou Xing diaphragm assembly comprises by barrier film support 42 barrier films that supporting 40.In the embodiment of enumerating, barrier film support 42 is connected through the hinge with wall 24, so that it can open and close round pin joint.Yet people should figure out barrier film, and to support 42 in the combination septation with the barrier film 40 of valve 10 can be numerous any among can the structure of self-tightening sealing, for example, and by being cited in the sort of that this United States Patent (USP) of incorporating into is disclosed for the 6th, 237, No. 621.In other words, the flexible partition assembly can constitute in the mode of opening under the influence of the fluid that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides and close under the suitable fluid pressure in aerating device 16 the insides during at the fluid that lacks from fluid displacement apparatus with any permission barrier film.People should further figure out, and self-tightening sealing valve 10 can comprise the known many different variation of people of being familiar with this technology, and for example, flexible partition does not have barrier film to support.Usually, it is to constitute with harder plastic material that barrier film supports 42, and barrier film 40 can be positioned within the aperture 26 and because the influence of the fluid that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides and because mode and the barrier film support and connection that the influence that electro-mechanical devices 50 provides is opened with any permission barrier film 40.

Therefore, according to one embodiment of the invention, valve 10 is to open and close when lacking such fluid the self-tightening sealing valve that fluid is remained in the aerating device 16 under the influence of the fluid of giving aerating device 16 superchargings from fluid displacement apparatus 110.In this embodiment, self-tightening sealing is to withstand valve seat 28 by the biasing of the fluid pressure in the aerating device 12 barrier film 40 to realize.

It will be appreciated that electro-mechanical devices 50 can be any device that self-tightening sealing valve 10 can be biased to open position.Some examples of the electro-mechanical devices that can use with the present invention comprise solenoid and electro-motor, for example, have at least two positions can be arranged the corresponding motor of open position and closed position with self-tightening sealing valve 10.For example, will further go through as following, electric notor can be used for opening the self-tightening sealing valve and allowing self-tightening sealing valve 10 to close second position at first location bias.As an alternative, another example is to comprise that suitable gear arrangement has at least two positions can be fit to the electric notor that the biasing of self-tightening sealing valve is opened and allowed valve 10 to close.

In the embodiment of Fig. 1, electro-mechanical devices 50 comprises being worked by certain part to valve by electro-mechanical devices 50 biasing opens the transmission arm 52 of valve 10 (as shown in the figure).As shown in Figure 1, in one embodiment of the invention, transmission arm 52 is coupled to or is directly connected to and can be endowed the energy-bias transmission arm and make barrier film 40 depart from valve seat 28 to open on the movable part of solenoid 50 of valve 10, or as the part of described movable part.It will be appreciated that transmission arm 52 can work to any part of valve 10 for valve 10 being biased to open position, for example, backs down barrier film 40 or barrier film and supports 42.It is also to be appreciated that according to this embodiment of the present invention, biasing is opened valve 10 necessary power and is reduced.Because barrier film supports 42 and is installed on the framework 20 by pin joint, so transmission arm 52 can support the 42 part application of forces on the pin joint opposite to barrier film 40 or barrier film.Specifically, the support 42 of 52 pairs of barrier films 40 of transmission arm or barrier film is away from the part application of force of the pin joint of 10 pairs of walls 24 of valve.Therefore, the combination of solenoid 50 and self-tightening sealing valve 10 has with only comparing at pin joint and need apply the advantage that less power just can be shifted valve onto open position at the valve portion branch away from pin joint.Specifically, the pin joint of transmission arm contact barrier film 40 or valve arm 42 is biased to the power that open position need be less with electro-mechanical devices with valve 10 further away from each other.

According to one embodiment of the invention, any one made it to lift off a seat 28 among electro-mechanical devices 50 and transmission arm 52 were endowed energy moving regulator 40 and support arm 42, destroy the sealing of self-tightening sealing valve 10, regulate or thoroughly change amount of fluid in the aerating device 12.Specifically, the dash area 53 of transmission arm 52 illustrates valve arm and opens the primary importance of self-tightening sealing valve 10 being used for thoroughly biasing.In addition, the full blackboard branch of transmission arm 52 illustrates valve in the second place, and it has been allowed to close like this by solenoid 50 and transmission arm 52 so that transmission arm no longer supports 42 with barrier film 40 or barrier film and is biased to fully away from valve seat in this position.Therefore, it will be appreciated that, first position of the transmission arm of solenoid 50 can be used for thoroughly opening the self-tightening sealing valve, and second position of transmission arm can be used for allowing valve to operate under its normality condition, so that close in enough fluids opening under the influence of the fluid that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides and have in aerating device 12.It will be appreciated that first position of transmission arm can be configured to thoroughly open valve for a long time for aerating device 12 is fully exitted, perhaps it can be configured to thoroughly open valve momently for the amount of fluid of adjusting in the aerating device 12.In other words, in aerating device, provide controlled fluid pressure, for example, adjust the comfort level of aerating device.As previously described, any embodiment described here also can be utilized the activity of electro-mechanical devices at aeration period.

With reference to Fig. 2, illustrate the cross section of another embodiment of self-tightening sealing valve of the present invention in the combination of electro-mechanical devices.It will be appreciated that the reference number similar to Fig. 1 is corresponding to similar part and being described in this and will not being repeated of brief each part for the sake of simplicity among Fig. 2.In the embodiment of Fig. 2 and the combination of self-tightening sealing valve of the present invention and electro-mechanical devices be a part for the flow control apparatus 100 of the amount of fluid in aerating device inflation, venting and the adjusting device inflation.Flow control apparatus 100 comprises pump 110 and self-tightening sealing valve 10 a plurality of and 50 combinations of electro-mechanical devices separately.In the embodiment of Fig. 2, each of self-tightening sealing valve and electro-mechanical devices makes up all independent operations, yet, it will be appreciated that, numerous self-tightening sealing valves can with the combination of one or more the sort of electro-mechanical devices in Fig. 3 A-3B illustrated in operate, and such combination also can be independently or the operation of interdependence ground.

As shown in Figure 2, under a kind of illustrative condition, following valve is biased to the position of thoroughly opening by transmission arm 52 and solenoid 50, so that at least in part will be from discharging with the air of the impermeable bladder of fluid of lower valve coupling.In addition, as shown in Figure 2, under another kind of illustrative condition, when transmission arm is allowing the position of valve 10 with normal mode (be illustrated as under the influence from the fluid of fluid displacement apparatus 100 and upwards open) operation, above valve 10 can under the influence of the fluid that provides by pump 110, open so that give and the impermeable bladder inflation of fluid of top valve coupling.It will be appreciated that, under the illustrational condition of superincumbent valve, valve 10 also can be when the fluid that lacks from fluid displacement apparatus be closed by fluid sufficient in the impermeable bladder of fluid so that fluid-encapsulated impermeable bladder automatically with normal mode (not under the influence from electro-mechanical devices) operation.It is also to be appreciated that the combination of any self-tightening sealing valve and electro-mechanical devices can both be operated in any mode, and the illustrational valve condition of Fig. 2 only is to illustrate for example.Under this arrangement, flow control apparatus 100 is used to impermeable bladders inflation of two fluids and venting and adjusts amount of fluid in the described bladder, wherein said bladder and corresponding above or below self-tightening sealing valve coupling separately.Therefore, the present invention is useful with the illustrational embodiment of Fig. 2 for the aerating device that at least two bladders are arranged, for example, the double airbed of the zone of comfort of separating that promising two different users prepare, there is independently bladder in each zone.

The embodiment of Fig. 2 also may comprise the 3rd electro-mechanical devices 60 of control arm 105, is biased to one of two positions and air offered from the impermeable bladder of fluid of top valve coupling or with the impermeable bladder of fluid of following valve coupling or drain air the described bladder allowing.Specifically, the 3rd electro-mechanical devices 60 biasing turning arms 105 are so that form sealing between one of self-tightening sealing valve and fluid displacement apparatus, so that fluid can only offer an impermeable bladder of fluid at every turn or discharges from an impermeable bladder of fluid.For example, during upwards opening under the fluid pressure that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides, the impermeable bladder of top fluid can be filled by the fluid from fluid displacement apparatus 110 at the self-tightening sealing valve.Under this a kind of condition, turning arm 105 be rotated under the influence from electro-mechanical devices below the self-tightening sealing valve and fluid displacement apparatus between form the position of sealing so that forbid fluid is offered the impermeable bladder of fluid with the coupling of following self-tightening sealing valve.It will be appreciated that, adopt this arrangement, turning arm also can be rotated to the second place that forms sealing between superincumbent self-tightening sealing valve and the fluid displacement apparatus, so that prevention offers fluid the impermeable bladder of fluid that is coupled with top self-tightening sealing valve.In the second place of turning arm, fluid can from impervious bladder of following self-tightening sealing valve coupling discharge or offer described bladder.In other words, in an embodiment of the flow control apparatus 100 of Fig. 2, have only one can be inflated or exhaust among two impermeable bladders of fluid at any one time.It will thus be appreciated that, adopt the arrangement of Fig. 2, impermeable bladder of fluid can not be inflated in will exitting simultaneously at second bladder.

Referring now to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, illustrate the cross section that another embodiment of at least two different operating positions is arranged of the present invention.Specifically, though electro-mechanical devices of the present invention can comprise solenoid previously discussed, it also may comprise the motor 62 of the transmission arm 64 that can be used for setovering.It will be appreciated that, in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, represent similar part, and briefly needn't be repeated in this description each part for the sake of simplicity to reference number similar in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.In the embodiment of Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, motor and transmission arm have at least two can be used for the position of respectively self-tightening sealing valve 10 separately being operated.Specifically, as shown in Figure 3A, in first position, the motor transmission arm 64 of setovering like this, so that the flexible partition of the self-tightening sealing valve below fully moving makes it to lift off a seat and 28 opens flow path, the air in the inflatable bladder of discharging and following self-tightening sealing valve coupling at least in part.In addition, motor can move to the second place with transmission arm, so that the following valve of permission is being operated and is being opened under the fluid pressure that fills part that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides under the self-tightening sealing condition (for example, being used in fluid self-tightening sealing sufficient within the impermeable bladder of fluid that is coupled with following self-tightening sealing valve) normally.In one embodiment, second position at motor 62, transmission arm is configured to top valve is biased to abundant open position (flexible partition is removed from valve seat 28 at least in part), so that discharge the air in the inflatable bladder that is coupled with top self-tightening sealing valve at least in part.As an alternative, in another embodiment of the invention, second position of motor and transmission arm may be two neither positions of being opened by the transmission arm biasing of self-tightening sealing valve, shown in Fig. 3 B.In this embodiment, motor also may comprise the 3rd position, transmission arm can be biased to the position of the self-tightening sealing valve above fully opening at this position motor, so that discharge the air in the impermeable bladder of fluid that is coupled with top self-tightening sealing valve at least in part.

In one embodiment, motor can also be used for rotating such turning arm 105 and form sealing between one of self-tightening sealing valve and fluid displacement apparatus, so that fluid can only offer an impermeable bladder of fluid at every turn.For example, as shown in Figure 3A, during upwards opening under the fluid pressure that fluid displacement apparatus 110 provides, the impermeable bladder of top fluid can be filled by the fluid from fluid displacement apparatus 110 at the self-tightening sealing valve.Position hereto, turning arm 105 be rotated under the influence from motor below the self-tightening sealing valve and fluid displacement apparatus between form the position of sealing so that forbid fluid is offered the impermeable bladder of fluid with the coupling of following self-tightening sealing valve.It will be appreciated that, adopt this arrangement, turning arm can also be rotated to second position that forms sealing between superincumbent self-tightening sealing valve and the fluid displacement apparatus, so that forbids fluid is offered the impermeable bladder of fluid that is coupled with top self-tightening sealing valve.In this second place of turning arm, fluid can from the impermeable bladder of fluid of following self-tightening sealing valve coupling discharge or offer the impermeable bladder of described fluid.

Adopt any embodiment previously discussed, the method for giving impermeable bladder inflation of at least one fluid and venting and adjusting the amount of fluid in the impermeable bladder of at least one fluid also is by provided by the invention.Specifically, in one embodiment, in order to inflate to aerating device, the self-tightening sealing valve can be biased under the influence of the fluid that fluid displacement apparatus provides and open.In the fluid pressure abundance, the fluid pressure that the self-tightening sealing valve is inflated in the device is biased to the closed position within aerating device.Electro-mechanical devices is used for adjusting the amount of fluid in the aerating device or fully bleeds off the fluid of certain quantity in the aerating device.In addition, embodiment for the aerating device that comprises at least two bladders, above-mentioned behavior can be replenished by by second electro-mechanical devices and self-tightening sealing valve fluid being offered second impermeable bladder of fluid, and second electro-mechanical devices and self-tightening sealing valve can be used to or adjust the amount of fluid of aerating device the inside or thoroughly change from the amount of fluid within the impermeable bladder of second fluid.

Fig. 4 A-4C illustrates another embodiment of the electro-mechanical devices assembly of of the present invention and self-tightening sealing valve combination.This embodiment comprises self-tightening sealing valve member 80, and is for example, described below the sort of.The self-tightening sealing valve member comprise flexible partition 40 and make barrier film can be supplied to fluid by it the inside 16a of the impermeable bladder 14 of fluid or the inside 16a of impermeable bladder 14 discharges from fluid aperture within the barrier film of locating support 42.The self-tightening sealing valve member also comprises the cantilever arm 82 that interacts and dispose for the part 86 with transmission arm 84 from barrier film support 42.Described assembly also includes also those part 86 interactional surperficial 83 the lids 81 with transmission arm 84.Transmission arm 84 and part 86 dispose for to upper offset lid 81 lid being opened, and be for promote when deflate lever 88 biasing cantilever arm 82 when for example user's finger 90 is depressed barrier films support 42 and barrier film 40 make it at least in part configuration away from valve seat 28 (shown in Fig. 4 B).Assembly also comprises also being depressed by user's finger 90 to be moved to the surface 83 of lid 81 transmission arm to contact the inflate lever 92 that lid is opened, shown in Fig. 4 C.Become to be to move with finger although lever 92 is illustrated, electro-mechanical devices can be used for mobile transmission arm.Inflate lever also is for contact when being depressed at it and biasing are fed to self-tightening sealing valve 80 and configuration with fluid from fluid displacement apparatus to the power switch 94 of fluid displacement apparatus power supply, also shown in Fig. 4 C.

In the illustrational embodiment of Fig. 4 A-4C, transmission arm also comprises the spring assembly 96 that transmission arm 84 is maintained the equilbrium position that breaks away from lid 81 and self-tightening sealing valve 80.For with the aerating device venting, by depressing deflate lever 88, force transmission arm to contact, so that self-tightening sealing valve 80 is opened in biasing uncap and biasing, shown in Fig. 4 B with the surface 83 of lid 81 and the cantilever arm 82 of self-tightening sealing valve member.By depressing inflate lever 92, force transmission arm 84 to contact so that the biasing uncap is inflated to aerating device shown in Fig. 4 C with the surface 83 of lid 81.Shown in Fig. 4 C, twice of inflate lever connected fluid displacement apparatus so that fluid offered aerating device and for fluid being offered aerating device biasing uncap.

In this embodiment, the self-tightening sealing valve is configured to open under the enough fluid pressures from fluid displacement apparatus when depressing inflate lever biasing uncap in self-tightening sealing valve shortage is opened from any biasing of transmission arm 84.The self-tightening sealing valve also is configured to be closed to closed position by fluid pressure sufficient in the impermeable bladder 16 of fluid in this flowing pressure and shortage from fluid displacement apparatus of shortage in any biasing of transmission device.The self-tightening sealing valve is further configured to be opened at least in part to allow fluid to flow out by the self-tightening sealing valve from aerating device by depressing inflate lever when lid and self-tightening sealing valve are opened by the transmission arm biasing, so that adjust the interior amount of fluid of aerating device.

People should figure out, though illustrating the embodiment of transmission device and valve member, Fig. 4 A-4C comprises single self-tightening sealing valve, but may provide numerous such self-tightening sealing valves, for example, one row is provided in common shell 98 such self-tightening sealing valve, all with described fluid displacement apparatus coupling, and all have separately a deflate lever 88, inflate lever 92 and the spring assembly 96 that comprises transmission arm 84 are so that can be in order to give the impermeable bladder inflation of numerous fluids in the aerating device and each the self-tightening sealing valve member of biasing opening and closing respectively of exitting.In other words, it is that fluid and the interior amount of fluid of the described aerating device of control are filled or bled off to the aerating device that comprises the impermeable bladder of numerous fluids that the assembly of Fig. 4 A-4C can be used for, wherein each described bladder all has the assembly shown in Fig. 4 A-4C, so that can control the fluid pressure within the impermeable bladder of each fluid independently, and the additional benefit that only must use the single fluid mobile device is arranged.It will be appreciated that fluid displacement apparatus can be positioned at the place away from self-tightening sealing valve and electromechanical assembly.

Fig. 5 A is the schematic diagram according to the embodiment of the aerating device 500 of another aspect of the present invention, and wherein the part of flow governor 510 and inflatable bladder 505 are coupled and are in fact being supported by inflatable bladder 505.Flow governor 510 is connected power supply and the electronic device of cutting off the electricity supply is formed by valve 520, electro-mechanical devices 530, seal diaphragm 540, pump 550 with for pump.In illustrational embodiment, aerating device 500 is the inflatable airbeds that can provide with multiple shape and size, for example, be commonly called commonly used those of the daily bedding of conduct of " double ", " single ", " queen " and " king " size.Yet the present invention is not limited to heelpiece, and any suitable aerating device all may be used for the described part of supporting stream movement controller according to this aspect of the present invention.

According to this aspect of the present invention, valve 520 is supporting with inflatable bladder 505 couplings and by bladder 505 at least.Valve 520 may be a self-tightening sealing valve that the front is described with reference to Fig. 4-4C and that dispose in a similar fashion.Valve 520 is to arrange like this, so that the transmission arm 532 of electro-mechanical devices 530 can be opened lid and promote barrier film 542 and make it at least in part away from valve seat 528 to upper offset lid 522, if with allow pressurized air be from pump 550 provide so to bladder 505 inflations with when lacking pressurized air, exit to bladder.For example, the air that discharges during exitting may flow out by pump, though pump may or can not be extracted air out on one's own initiative and go.

When aerating device will be inflated, valve 520 was opened in electro-mechanical devices 530 operations.In some embodiments, electro-mechanical devices 530 is positioned within the separation 545.It will be appreciated that valve 520 can be adapted under the situation that electro-mechanical devices is not activated because the air pressure in the separation is closed as previously described.In some embodiments, electro-mechanical devices 530 is favourable with the bladder coupling and by the bladder support.For example, electro-mechanical devices may be previously described motor or solenoid.Electricity can offer electro-mechanical devices in any suitable manner, for example, and as the port that holding pump is given the ability of the suitable supercharging of separation that passes through that describes below.In some embodiments, electro-mechanical devices 530 may be replaced by the mechanical device of non-electricity, so that described device can be operated by pushing with the button of valve mechanical couplings.

Dividing plate 540 can be can form can limit air to flow so that can realize being enough to filling any suitable structure of separation 545 of the pressure of inflatable bladder 505 when the pressurized air that come self-pumping offers separation from separation inside to the environment around the bladder.In some embodiments, separation is airtight, and pump is with air tight manner and separation coupling.At valve 520 is in the embodiment of self-tightening sealing valve, and the pressure that pump 550 provides can push barrier film open so that the filled capsules thing.Yet in other embodiment, as mentioned above, electro-mechanical devices is pushed barrier film open so that create conditions for the filling bladder.In some embodiments, dividing plate 540 can be received on the pump 550.Yet flexible pipe may be used for pump and dividing plate coupling.

Pump 550 can directly be connected the place that maybe can be positioned at away from aerating device and receive on the aerating device with suitable flexible pipe (not showing) with aerating device 500.In some applications, in order to reduce the motor noise that the people that lies on the aerating device 500 can find, the position that motor is positioned at away from mattress may suit the requirements.For example, being positioned at a distance pump can be placed directly on the floor below the bed or be placed on and leave the position that mattress passes the room.Wish that this pump is arranged in application at a distance, wrap in motor in the acoustic material or otherwise cover pump and reduce noise and may also suit the requirements.

Dividing plate 540 can be as mentioned above with the aerating device 500 limit air plastic part of the molding that flows of environment towards periphery that suitably is coupled.In some embodiments, separation 545 has and flushes with (with dashed lines 552 is illustrational) bladder profile or at the profile of bladder profile the inside.In such embodiments, to be assemblied within the bedstead that mattress uses be possible to the dress valve fluid separation of perhaps also adorning electro-mechanical devices.Separation 545 can have any suitable shape.

In some embodiments, flow governor 510 can comprise control panel 560, and for example, this control panel may be positioned on the bedstead, allows the user easily near control panel whereby.Therefore the user can control the inflation/deflation of inflatable bladder and control the hard degree of mattress with control panel.

It will be appreciated that, form in the embodiment of sealing with the inflatable bladder coupling and with inflatable bladder for fluid being maintained in the aerating device 500 as previously described at valve, pump 550 need not form gas-tight seal for fluid is maintained in the aerating device 500; And in the embodiment that pump 550 and separation is coupled together with flexible pipe, it is airtight that flexible pipe needs not be.People just further figure out, because the hermetic properties of pump and/or flexible pipe is required to decrease, so provide the use of the pump of higher volume of air to become easily, for example, airbed can be with higher speed filling.For example, heelpiece can be filled in 1 minute time in less than and finish.At a high speed a benefit of filling is, lies in the last physical efficiency of aerating device and feels the change of support aspect and select fill level according to sensation (that is sense of touch).

The schematic diagram of the embodiment exemplary of Fig. 5 B and 5C mattress that to be the front describe with reference to Fig. 5 A and flow governor.In illustrational embodiment, mattress 500 comprises the additional materials (being referred to as supplementary material) that surrounds inflatable bladder 505 at least in part.Supplementary material can be the general material of daily mattress, for example, makes or the superficial layer 506 of the soft thing of middle wadding with natural or synthetic fabric.Mattress also may comprise at least one inherent spring (innerspring), and can be positioned at mattress top or sidewall or be used near the described position to cushion, support and making any or whole among the comfortable foamed plastics of health, cotton, fine hair or other natural fiber or the synthetic fibers.Heelpiece also may comprise being positioned at and is used for the highest central surface of sleeping and/or swaying above the inflatable bladder 505.Also has the intermediate layer of material 504 that is clipped between bladder and the mattress surface layer.The intermediate layer may comprise foam, cotton, fine hair or other natural fiber or synthetic fibers, and mattress to have such structure be that the user provides additional sleeping surface option with the interchangeability that allows the intermediate layer.Therefore, the user of mattress can be by selecting the sensation of intermediate layer selection to mattress.Mattress 500 comprises lower surface and the sidewall that supports at least one inflatable bladder 505, flow governor 510 and additional materials usually in addition.

According to this illustrational embodiment of the present invention, mattress 500 comprises and the flow governor 510 of inflatable bladder 505 couplings that wherein flow governor 510 is being supported by an element of mattress construction at least in part.For example, with reference to Fig. 5 C, mattress comprises the peripheral structure 508 round at least one inflatable bladder, and flow governor is positioned within the peripheral structure, as shown in the figure.Non-ly essential be, flow governor 510 may be integrated among the mattress construction within foamed plastics or other mattress packing material, so that it is not a discrete parts independently.

Shown in Fig. 5 B and 5C, mattress construction may further comprise the framework 570 of support mattress (for example, mattress being supported on the top, floor).In (not illustrational) embodiment, framework is one or more parts of possibility supporting stream movement controller 510 also.For example, one or more parts of flow governor may be embedded within the described framework or be attached on the described framework.

In some embodiments, for example, in double mattress (for example, queen or king's size), mattress may comprise and is separated two inflatable bladder that element separates.In this situation, each inflatable bladder can comprise its fluid control or link to each other as the flow governor that discusses below with reference to Fig. 6 A and 6B that works in more detail with shared.In such embodiments, each flow governor can be coupled with the control panel that separate or shared 612 by user's control.

Fig. 6 A is the schematic diagram that pads the scheme of executing 600 according to the double bed of aspects of the present invention, wherein first inflatable bladder 605A and second inflatable bladder 605B and shared fluid control fluid coupling.In illustrational embodiment, some part of flow governor supports with V-arrangement separation 645.Fig. 6 B is the perspective view that the double mattress 600 of V-arrangement separation 645 and pump 650 is arranged.

Fig. 6 C is the schematic diagram that pads the details of the flow governor exemplary that the scheme of executing uses with double bed of the present invention.Valve 620a and 620b (for example, self-tightening sealing valve) are received respectively on the mattress 605b and the mattress 605a on the left side on the right.Dividing plate 640 is in fact within mattress profile 606.In illustrational embodiment, pump 650 is illustrated with separation and is connected.Yet pump can be as previously described by flexible pipe and separation coupling.

Dividing plate 640 can be connected with 620b with valve 620a, forms separation 645 as the example described above.In such embodiments, separation is by valve and inflatable bladder 605a and 605b coupling.As an alternative, dividing plate can be connected to form separation 645 with bladder.In some embodiments, dividing plate may be connected like this with bladder, so that bladder forms one or more sides of separation.

In illustrational embodiment, single electro-mechanical devices 630 can be to open one of valve 620a and 620b for biasing transmission arm 635 to operate when pump 650 is moving the corresponding heelpiece 605 of filling, 605b.As mentioned above, arm may dislocation valve lid and barrier film, perhaps may be only dislocation lid like this so that come the air pressure of self-pumping to make the barrier film displacement.Electro-mechanical devices 630 is usually three position operation: open to shifting left that valve 620a, right shift open valve 620b and two neither neutral positions of opening of valve.In illustrational embodiment, arm 635 has (arcurate) shape of arc, and electro-mechanical devices has the gear train that moves in the correct path (with dashed lines 632 illustrates) that arm forms.Yet arm 635 can be made into any suitable shape (for example, straight line) and can move in the mode that is fit to open valve 620a, 620b.

Shown in Fig. 7 A-7C, in some embodiments, mattress 705 may be with further feature, for example, and heater 710 and/or articulated mounting 775.Heater may be any suitable heater.For example, in airbed, heater 710 can be along the location, whole bottom of mattress 705.In some embodiments, heater is to arrange equably along the length or the width of mattress.Term " equably " means covering fully, or equally spaced separates along the size of mattress.As an alternative, because the heat-transfer character of air, heater may only be positioned at certain part (for example, the corner of mattress) of mattress base.Fig. 7 C illustrates pump 750 and the embodiment of the mattress of the heater that comprises adhesive and resistor disc 710 that extends along the length of mattress.Power to produce heat to resistor disc.Resistor disc offers the middle body of mattress with heat, and the heat dissipation characteristics of air is evenly dispersed in heat in the mattress in fact.Though illustrational is single resistor disc, can use numerous resistor discs, and one or more resistor disc can be arranged along mattress along any suitable direction.

With reference to Fig. 7 A, articulated mounting 775 can be any suitable structure that can raise or reduce certain part of mattress again.In illustrational embodiment, articulated mounting comprises that motor 780 and mattress support 790.Motor can be to lift one of the head zone 705a of mattress and leg area 705c or both any suitable motors with respect to torso area 705b.

Mattress support 790 can be handled any suitable structure of mattress when motor 780 provides power.Shown in Fig. 7 B, it can be can be in

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792a, 792b bending of selecting or the continuous in fact structure that suitable binding site (for example, hinge) arranged in selected position that mattress supports 790.Term " continuous in fact " means that can stop mattress to subside forms the no supporting zone of mattress in the gap.For example, continuous in fact structure may comprise: (1) series of panels, each lath are all extended across width W, and these laths are suitably separated avoiding unsupported zone, or (2) have the continuous flat board that is used for to the through hole of flow governor power supply.

It will be appreciated that, raise or 790 contact and more continuous and bending correctly may be supported to help to guarantee that mattress is kept with mattress with the venting of mattress 705 in certain zone of reducing mattress.Along with mattress becomes more and more flat, mattress can be inflated once more.Venting/inflation can be artificial control again, perhaps can automatically coordinate with the hinge portion of mattress, for example, is provided at the pressure of measuring during hinged in the mattress.Non-essential be, may comprise a controller in order to realize auto hinge.

Referring now to Fig. 8 A-8C, according to another aspect of the present invention, aerating device 810 comprises the multiposition body support, and this device comprises first inflatable bladder 812 and second inflatable bladder 814.Bladder 812 and bladder 814 are adjacent arrangements.In some embodiments, they can be joined together, and in some embodiments, they are linked together like this so that they share shared wall.

In illustrational embodiment, aerating device 810 includes first inflatable bladder 812 of the first corresponding air-fill levels and second inflatable bladder 814 of the first corresponding air-fill levels is arranged.Each first bladder 812 and second bladder 814 that all is in first air-fill levels of their correspondences is combined to form the first kind configuration of health at the aerating device 810 of first body position (for example, flat for sleeping in 800) use.Subsequently, first bladder and second bladder can be inflated for second air-fill levels that realizes correspondence or exit.Each all be in first bladder 812 of second air-fill levels of their correspondences and second bladder 814 be combined to form meet second body position (for example, be supported on health 816 on the device 810 swaying 801 or be seated 802) second kind of configuration of aerating device 810.

First and second positions that are supported on the health on the device 810 can be any one among many positions, and the air-fill levels of bladder 812 and bladder 814 correspondences can be selected for desired location is provided.For example, first position may be corresponding to complete horizontal position 800, and shown in Fig. 8 A, first air-fill levels may comprise the inflation fully of bladder 812 and the venting fully of bladder 814 in fact.People should figure out, and about the compressible fluid of gas and so on, term " inflation fully " is a relative terms, refers to the maximum air-fill levels that is generally used for specific bladder.Because higher air-fill levels will make health 816 keep more straight state, do not allow some part of health 816 to be absorbed in bladder 812, therefore keep horizontal position 800, so when aerating device 810 constituted mattress, bladder 812 higher air-fill levels were commonly used to provide horizontal position 800.

In primary importance 800 is under the situation of horizontal position, and second position 801 may be the recline location 801 or the position 802 of taking one's seat corresponding to second air-fill levels of bladder 812.Usually, second air-fill levels of bladder 812 may be lower than first air-fill levels, thereby allows health 816 to be absorbed in bladder 812, and the supposition recline location 801 or the position 802 of taking one's seat.When second position of health 816 was defined as recline location 801, the 3rd position of health 816 can be defined as took one's seat 802, and may be corresponding to the 3rd air-fill levels of bladder 812.The 3rd air-fill levels of bladder 812 may be lower than first and second air-fill levels of bladder 812, and consequently the health 816 that allows to be supported on the device 810 further is absorbed in bladder 812, enters the position 802 of taking one's seat.It should be understood that, the flat traditional definition that crouches, swaying and take one's seat here be want and also these terms be relative.For example, taking one's seat to comprise swaying to a certain degree, shown in Fig. 8 C.Therefore, people should figure out, and take one's seat position and recline location may be overlapping to a certain extent, and comparing with the position of sitting straight in the position of showing as taking one's seat in Fig. 8 C is recline location.

It will be appreciated that in each position shown in Fig. 8 A-8C, second bladder 814 all helps bladder 812 to provide support the desired location of the health on aerating device.For example, shown in Fig. 8 A-8C, second bladder 814 may comprise pillow.Comprise the occasion of pillow at second bladder 814, it may be to be fit to support user's the head and/or the pillow of back and shoulder.People should figure out, and the air-fill levels of second bladder 814 does not need to be complementary with the air-fill levels of first bladder 812, and in some embodiments, they may be inversely proportional to.For example, shown in Fig. 8 A-8C, at first bladder 812 is that aerating device is formed the mattress part and second bladder 814 is formed under the situation of pillows, by in the air-fill levels that increases by second bladder, reducing the air-fill levels of first bladder, it is possible that the head of health and shoulder are supported on the aerating device, allow the latter half of health to be absorbed in bladder 812 simultaneously, body position is become recline location from horizontal position.The further inflation of bladder 814 combines with the further venting of bladder 812 and can make body position become the position of taking one's seat from recline location.

Although above-mentioned aerating device can provide the advantage of multiposition ability, in inflatable bladder, may lack at desirable further feature aspect the body-support.For example, the common fluid of inflatable bladder can not permeability may limit the ability of body-support, makes it to be difficult to fully take into account to the air that is positioned at the people on the bladder and the circulation of moisture.In addition, the surface of inflatable bladder can not provide needed " sensation " to body-support.At last, in the occasion of using harder aerating device, the contact surface area between aerating device and the supported health may reduce.Traditional comfort liner (for example, middle wadding a quilt with cotton has the material of soft thing) may not be too thin just whether for address these problems design comprehensively.Therefore, in an embodiment shown in Fig. 8 D, comfort liner comprises traditional mat 818.Traditional mat may be at least 1 cm thick, and may cover at least bladder one side 3/4ths.In certain embodiments, traditional mat at least 2 cm thicks, and cover one whole of bladder in fact.In other embodiments, traditional mat is up to 10 cm thicks, and covers whole bladder in fact.People should figure out, and these embodiments are only tended to as an example and may be mixed, and for example, the bladder skin of 1 cm thick covers whole bladder in fact.

Traditional mat 818 can constitute with the support of using its expection of permission mat 818 realizations and any material of comfortable function by any way.For example, mat 818 may be square or fillet is arranged, and may change aspect gross thickness as mentioned above, perhaps changes between diverse location as foamed plastics in " egg case ".Mat 818 may be to use the traditional material such as fine hair, synthetic fibers or natural fiber, foamed plastics to constitute.Mat 818 may be for keeping the relative position of bladder to be constructed.For example, mat 818 may with bladder engages.According to this embodiment, mat 818 may be to be attached on the bladder with glue, snap-fastener, velcro, slide fastener etc.

Fig. 9 A and 9B are that the present invention utilizes typical light-duty aerating device to increase their functional schematic diagram on the other hand.In an example of this embodiment, the present invention points to the user's supporter 920 that includes inflatable bladder 912 and the article of furniture of storing separation 922 and being positioned at the support 924 under user's supporter 920 is arranged.In this embodiment, user's supporter 920 is movable to allow to lead to storage separation 922.Therefore, people can see the light character of the aerating device that this embodiment what use is made of gas of the present invention is filled.Because the aerating device that gas is filled may be low weight, it may move the storage space that exposes below user's supporter easily.

User's supporter 920 can use any material to make by any way, as long as it satisfies the support requirement and be enough light with regard to specific application.Similarly, support 924 can use any material that is enough to support user's supporter 920 to make by any way.Storage separation 922 can be made with storage function that allows the 922 realization expections of storage separation and any way that allows support 924 to support user's supporter 920 with any material.The shape of storage separation 922 may be partly by the shape decision of support 924.

Fig. 9 A and 9B illustrate the article of furniture of arranging as bed according to this embodiment of the present invention.In this specific embodiment, user's supporter 920 comprises airbed, and support 924 comprises bedstead.Airbed can be a size (for example, double, single, queen, king) and traditional airbed of the bed clothes size compatibility of standard.Bedstead can be empty van or the similar thing that the inner space is fit to serve as separation 922 usually.Bedstead may further include one or more airbeds of forbidding and is absorbed in the support of storage separation 922 such as net, beam or lid.Storage separation 922 can be divided into less little separation in various mode.In another embodiment, the present invention can be configured to bench or chair.In such embodiments, user's supporter 920 can comprise the support section of chair or bench, for example, the upper part of chair or bench place mat, and support can comprise the lower part of chair or bench.

Support 924 can comprise making removes the easy structure that becomes with user's supporter 920 from storage separation 922.For example, support 924 may be fit to make slippage, rotation or rising user supporter 920 to make it to leave support 924 to become easy.Wishing under the slidable situation of user's supporter, support 924 may be fit to reduce and user's supporter 920 between frictional force.In some such embodiment, the thing of guide rail, track, rail and so on can be used for promoting the sliding motion of user's supporter 920.

In an embodiment that comprises user's supporter and support, user's supporter 920 links together with support 924 removable turning up the soil, so that user's supporter 920 can lead to the passage of storing separation 922 and is moved in order to provide.For example, user's supporter 920 can be hinged on the support 924.Be hinged to occasion on the support 924 at user's supporter 920, hinge can comprise technical known any conventional hinge, comprises typical metal hinge or a flexible material.Aerating device 910 can comprise that suitable such regular user's supporter 920 of size making in accordance with regulations consequently can be near the lock 926 of storage separation 922.For example, lock 926 can be the size making in accordance with regulations and position that be fit to user's supporter 920 is fixed on rising.Lock 926 can be any device that can remain on user's supporter 920 position of rising.For example, lock 926 may be associated with the hinge 920 between user's supporter and support 924, perhaps may be to support the device that user's supporter 920 prevents that it from closing up, shown in Fig. 9 B.In comprising some embodiments of storing separation, the storage separation can be used for the combination with the articulated mounting of describing with reference to Fig. 7 A-7B.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the aerating device that can the be shaped one or more inflatable bladder in diaphragm/tectal combination that can be included in and formalize.With reference to Fig. 1 OA-C, illustrate an embodiment of the aerating device that can be used as the use of bolster pad type pillow.In this example, inflatable bladder 1080 can combine with diaphragm/cover layer 1082.10A as shown in the figure, diaphragm/cover layer 1082 can be a planar diaphragm, it can be rectangle and can wrap in around the inflatable bladder 1080 like this so that overall structure can have columnar tubular form.Yet, it will be appreciated that it is columnar that bladder can need not to be, and can make up with diaphragm/cover layer for the structure that forms the non-cylindrical shape, will discuss in more detail below.In addition, diaphragm/cover layer 1082 needs not be rectangle, but can cause the another kind of shape of the total shape of expection of structure.

In an example, bladder 1080 can be with softness and may make by the impermeable in fact material of the slightly resilient fluid of while such as water or air.This material pliability of bladder can change this true combination with the air-fill levels of bladder (injecting the amount of fluid of bladder) can cause that the ductility of height and the bladder of formability are arranged.In addition, bladder can also be used for the combination with shapable attachable again diaphragm/cover layer 1082, and this allows the further shape of control inflatable structure.For example, shapable attachable again diaphragm can limit the inflation of the specific part of inflatable bladder, changes the shape of bladder whereby when inflation.In some embodiments, in order to adapt to different support requirements, except the air-fill levels of control bladder the inside, using folding or otherwise manipulation or control shape.In such embodiments, folding perhaps may be with the use of diaphragm.In an example, diaphragm/cover layer 1082 can have the securing member 1084 that can be used for round inflatable bladder 1080 fastening diaphragms (as shown in the figure).Securing member can be a hook-loop fastener, for example, and Velcro ^Hook-loop fastener, or illustrated the sort of bigger hook-loop fastener perhaps can be the securing members of other type, for example, and button previously discussed, snap-fastener, adjustable rope or snap close securing member.In an example, shown in Figure 10 A and 10C, diaphragm/cover layer 1082 can have many holes 1086 and row's hook fastener 1084, so that the diameter of structure can be controlled by securing member 1084 being hooked a suitable round 1086.As an alternative, in some embodiments, two or more securing members 1084 can be fixed on the inflatable bladder 1080, therefore have or not diaphragm/tectal to adhere on another part that a part that all allows bladder is attached to bladder, thereby the shape of control bladder is shown in Figure 10 B.In some embodiments, inflatable bladder 1080 can have a rigidity or flexible ribs is as replenishing or substitute of other member that is used for deformability, so that increase deformability or otherwise limit the volume of bladder.Rib can be in the inside or the outside of bladder.Such rib can using with any inflatable bladder as this paper discussion.

In the example of bolster pad type pillow, inflatable bladder can be wrapped in fact can be in order to provide certain expection pillow of diameter diaphragm/cover layer the inside of fastening.In case the expection diameter of selected pillow, bladder can be inflated to constraint diaphragm/cover layer and/or securing member allows at utmost, that is, complete filling is to the diameter of setting, for the user provides strong support.As an alternative, if the user wishes that device is so not strong or plasticity is more intense, bladder can be inflated less so that not exclusively be full of and set the volume that diameter limits.For example, the diameter of bolster pad type pillow can be adjustable, about 3 inch (7.62cms) of about 10 inches (25.4cm) when inflating fully when only part is inflated.The diameter that uses adjustable securing member to control pillow has the advantage of the cylindrical shape in fact of keeping pillow, even inflation fully of bladder still provides support for the user.Though the above-mentioned feature of aerating device is described according to adjustable diameter with reference to bolster pad type pillow, it will be appreciated that device is not limited to this structure, and principle described here goes for other structure of non-cylindrical shape.It will be appreciated that, though above-mentioned securing member be illustrated be connected with cover layer and only with the bladder coupling, some according to embodiment of the present invention in, be used to make the securing member of bladder shaping directly to be connected with bladder.

According to another example, diaphragm/cover layer can have the envelope-style structure that comprises the inflatable bladder part at least.The plasticizing capacity of inflatable bladder and once more crystallized ability combine pillow or other device that can provide size and dimension can be easy to revise when needed with adjusting device such as securing member.Inflatable bladder can have the valve of considering easy inflation and venting.May need or wish to have under the situation of additional structure, adhere to or adjusting device can allow the combination of rigid member and bladder that additional structure is provided.

With reference to Figure 11 A-D, illustrate some examples of another embodiment of the be shaped aerating device that comprises the inflatable bladder 1130 that makes up with local outer diaphragm 1132.Such aerating device can be called pillow, though it can and can be used for other application for other function service, not only as pillow.Inflatable bladder 1130 comprises and is used to the valve 1134 inflating and exit.Local outer diaphragm 1132 can provide with the form of the shape of attachable collar and pillow or mat, controlled by the adhering mode of collar and inflatable bladder 1130 and the variation of air-fill levels aspect.This pillow structure can provide multiple comfortable form option, for example, and the circle shown in Figure 11 A, " U " shape shown in Figure 11 B, crescent shown in Figure 11 C, or straight in fact tubular shown in Figure 11 D.In an example, local outer diaphragm 1132 can be advanced by wadding or stick comfort liner, and/or can comprise the fabric that improves comfortableness.

With reference to Figure 12 A and 12B, inflatable bladder 1130 can use securing member 1136 to be attached on the local outer diaphragm 1132.In an example, securing member 1136 can provide on both at inflatable bladder 1130 and local outer diaphragm 1132, so that local outer diaphragm 1132 can be attached on the inflatable bladder 1130.Securing member can be once illustrational snap-fastener.For example, local outer diaphragm 1132 can comprise the projection of snap-fastener 136 shown in Figure 12 A, and inflatable bladder 1130 can comprise corresponding recess.As an alternative, securing member can have the projection on the inflatable bladder of being attached to.Securing member can also be the securing member of another kind of type, for example, and button securing member, hook-loop fastener or the like.By use the some or all of securing member provided local outer diaphragm fastening in various mode on inflatable bladder, described structure can be made into the shape that needs, for example, the shape shown in Figure 11 A-B.As an alternative, the outer diaphragm 1138 of second part can be provided, shown in Figure 12 B, and described structure can be by forming on the outer diaphragm 1138 that the outer diaphragm 1132 of first part is attached to second part by securing member 1136, and wherein inflatable bladder is placed between two diaphragms.According to another example, outer diaphragm can removablely be turned up the soil and be surrounded inflatable bladder in fact fully, and can comprise the aperture of directly leading to valve.

With reference to Figure 13 A-H, illustrate some examples of the inflatable bladder 1130 and the fixed combination of the outer diaphragm 1132 of part.Local outer diaphragm 1132 can by it attached to constraint inflatable bladder 1130 in the inflation and also can make it present with inflation after the inflated bladder 1130 variform shape that will present naturally alone.The mutability that this outer diaphragm with the part can be attached to the mode on the inflatable bladder to be provided provides the device that is very easy to shaping and allows a kind of single inflatable bladder of shape is used in multiple application.

According to another embodiment of the aerating device that can be shaped, the inflatable bladder 1140 that is useful on the valve 1144 of inflation and venting can be enclosed in or partly wrap in cover layer 1142 the insides, as shown in figure 14.Cover layer 1142 can be to use flexible material or technical any other material that once used such as rubber, web to make, and the volume that is different from inflatable bladder 1140 can be arranged.For example, cover layer 1142 can be for final aerating device structure that size and/or shape be different from bladder itself is provided for the size that limits inflatable bladder and/or shape in accordance with regulations size make and configuration.By this arrangement, bladder and cover layer provide volume and shape to be different from the volume that bladder itself presents and the aerating device of shape in combination.In addition, the people's variable level that ability provided that will understand the pliability of inflatable bladder material and regulate the bladder air-fill levels provides a kind of aerating device that multiple comfort level is arranged.It may not be the comfortable and/or stayed surface that is provided alone by inflatable bladder 1140 that inflatable bladder 1140 can also provide in the inflation of cover layer 1142 the insides.For example, the inflatable bladder of U-shaped can be installed within the approximate rectangular cover layer, as shown in figure 14, provides the pillow that comprises cover layer but do not have the support/zone of comfort 1145 of inflatable bladder part whereby.Therefore, this structure can provide with the inflatable bladder of U-shaped by it those different comfortable and/or support feature own or that may provide with the cover layer of qualification shape.

It will be appreciated that Figure 14 and 15 illustrates some examples with the inflatable bladder of cover layer combination, but have the many different aerating device of multiple possible comfort surface can be by the tectal combination acquisition of various bladder shape and volume and difformity, size and material.For example, with reference to Figure 15, cover layer 1142 may not arrive inflatable bladder 1140 is encased fully, is used for making cover layer 1142 to be attached to securing member 1146 on certain part of inflatable bladder 1140 but can have.For example, securing member can be the securing member of the known another kind of type of hook-loop fastener, the rope that can adjust rope, button, snap-fastener or the people who is familiar with this technology.According to another example, cover layer for example can provide with the form (for example, mesh bag) of the sack that can surround inflatable bladder.In some example, cover layer 1142 can also porose 1148 to allow the user to touch inflatable bladder 1140 inflations and/or the venting that valve 1144 is given in cover layer 1142 the insides or lining cap rock 1142 parts cover.

Another aspect of the present invention points to aerating device maybe can form the ability that the air-fill levels of the useful device of the different piece of health is realized difference in functionality based on certain part that different positions can be offered health.For example, aerating device can be any proper device that the front is described with reference to Figure 10 A-15.For example, shown in Figure 16-17, can serve as neck support and first kind of configuration of serving as lumbar support and formed parts (for example, cover layer 1082, outer diaphragm 1132, securing member 1136) in second air-fill levels in first air-fill levels as the aerating device 1610 of pillow configuration.Because the pillow that supports as portion is littler than the pillow as neck support usually, can be partly exitted and it is taken to the air-fill levels that is suitable as lumbar support by release fluids so be used as the pillow of the air-fill levels of neck support.Similarly, the air-fill levels pillow that is suitable as lumbar support can be taken it to be suitable as neck support air-fill levels by increasing fluid by further inflation.

Can realize that another example of the aerating device of different functions is illustrated among Figure 19-20 based on different air-fill levels.In this exemplary embodiment, aerating device 1610 is as serving as backrest, serve as thigh support and support the pillow configuration that (Figure 18) serves as head and/or neck support in the 3rd air-fill levels in second air-fill levels (Figure 19) at first air-fill levels (Figure 20).For example, described pillow can use as backrest in the condition of inflation fully, uses as thigh support under the condition of part venting, and uses as head support under the condition of further venting.In some cases,, can reach certain air-fill levels, and can fold described device or otherwise change the shape of aerating device for the configuration of realizing expecting.When adopting other embodiment of the present invention, can regulate air-fill levels by the fluid that increases or discharge in the aerating device that comprises inflatable bladder.Exemplary embodiment shown in this and Figure 16-18 only is to regulate fluid levels in the aerating device according to the present invention can allow described device to realize two examples in many distinct methods of various function.

So far described some aspects of at least one embodiment of this invention, it will be appreciated that various change, modification and improvement will be easy to take place for the people who is familiar with this technology.For example, it will be appreciated that, with regard to above-mentioned any embodiment, fluid displacement apparatus can provide away from self-tightening sealing valve for instance, and the control biasing of switching on and off bias voltage for fluid displacement apparatus and any electro-mechanical devices can be away from fluid displacement apparatus and electro-mechanical devices.In addition, it will be appreciated that, have in order to help aerating device inflation (for example, under the situation about when the self-tightening sealing valve is being inflated, not opened slightly) electro-mechanical devices also can be used for opening some embodiments or the application of the self-tightening sealing valve in any embodiment described herein by fluid displacement apparatus.The part as this part announcement is tended in such change, modification and improvement, and tends to drop within the spirit and scope of the present invention.Therefore, the description of front and picture only are as an example.

Claims

1. aerating device, comprising:

(A) inflatable bladder; And

(B) flow governor, comprising:

(i) with inflatable bladder coupling and be subjected to the valve of its support, described valve is dispose and arranges for the control fluid passes in and out flowing of described bladder, and described valve forms sealing so that the fluid pressure that responds inside the bladder maintains fluid in the bladder; And

(ii) for when mechanical device works, opening the mechanical device that valve disposes and arranges.

2. according to the aerating device of claim 1, comprise further with bladder being coupled as the separation of valve being packed into and disposing and arranging that described separation is fit to accept the charging fluid of self-pumping.

3. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein valve is to comprise the self-tightening sealing valve that prevents the lid of valve open under the situation that is adapted at existing in the separation air pressure, and lid and mechanical device be such configuration, thus when mechanical device works when its uncap of setovering.

4. according to the aerating device of claim 3, wherein the self-tightening sealing valve further is included as the fluid pressure that responds the bladder the inside and forms sealing and the barrier film of configuration and arrangement, and barrier film and mechanical device be such configuration, thus when mechanical device works when its setover uncap and barrier film.

5. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein mechanical device is sealed into separation.

6. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein mechanical device and bladder are coupled and supported by bladder.

7. according to the aerating device of claim 2, wherein mechanical device comprises electro-mechanical devices.

8. according to the aerating device of claim 7, wherein electro-mechanical devices is fit to and is fit to charging fluid offered that the pump of separation is collaborative to be opened valve and inflate to bladder.

9. according to the aerating device of claim 7, wherein when being fit to open valve, electro-mechanical devices bleeds off the fluid in the bladder.

10. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein pump is by flexible pipe and separation coupling.

11. according to the aerating device of claim 7, wherein pump is ensconced the acoustic material the inside.

12. according to the aerating device of claim 5, wherein separation is arranged along inflatable bladder or within the inflatable bladder profile.

13. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein aerating device is a heelpiece.

14. according to the aerating device of claim 10, wherein heelpiece comprises supplementary material, and the part of flow governor is supported by supplementary material at least in part.

15. according to the aerating device of claim 14, wherein the part of pump is supported by supplementary material at least in part.

16. according to the aerating device of claim 1, wherein pump is supported by inflatable bladder.

17. an inflatable heelpiece, comprising:

(A) first inflatable bladder;

(B) adjoin second inflatable bladder of arrangement with first inflatable bladder

The shape thing; (C) flow governor, comprising:

(i) with first bladder coupling and be subjected to first valve of its support, first valve is dispose and arranges for the control fluid passes in and out flowing of first bladder, and first valve forms and seals so that the fluid pressure that responds inside first bladder maintains fluid among first bladder;

(ii) with second bladder coupling and be subjected to second valve of its support, second valve is for the control fluid passes in and out the flow arrangement and the arrangement of second bladder, and second valve forms sealing so that the fluid pressure that responds second bladder the inside maintains fluid among second bladder; And

(ii) open the electro-mechanical devices that second valve disposes and arranges when working the position for being at electro-mechanical devices to open first valve when first works the position and be in second at electro-mechanical devices; And

(D) be coupled as the separation of packing first valve and second valve into and disposing and arranging with bladder, described separation is fit to accept the charging fluid of self-pumping.

18. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 17, wherein separation flushes with the heelpiece profile or within the heelpiece profile.

19. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 18, wherein separation is a V-arrangement.

20. inflation heelpiece according to claim 17, wherein electro-mechanical devices is configuration like this, so that when described device is in first position and when charging fluid offered described separation of working, first bladder is filled fluid, when described electro-mechanical devices is in second position and when charging fluid offered described separation, second bladder was filled fluid of working.

21. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 17, wherein separation flushes with the combination profile of first bladder and second bladder or within the combination profile of first bladder and second bladder.

22. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 17, wherein electro-mechanical devices comprises the transmission arm of opening first valve at least.

23. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 17, wherein electro-mechanical devices comprises the transmission arm of opening first valve and second valve.

24. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 23, wherein said transmission arm is arc (arcurate).

25. an inflatable heelpiece, comprising:

Inflatable bladder; And

Articulated mounting, comprising:

Inflatable bladder is supported on supporting construction on the floor, described support knot

Structure has numerous zones along the length of supporting construction, and

At least one seam, each adjoins described at least one seam with some described zones in the middle of all being positioned at.

26. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 25, wherein articulated mounting comprises and makes one of described zone with respect to another regional motor that moves at least.

27. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 25, wherein said zone is made up of leg area, torso area and head zone.

28. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 25, wherein aerating device is a mattress.

29. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 28, wherein aerating device is an airbed.

30. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 25, venting when wherein aerating device is adapted at articulated mounting and works.

31., inflate once more when wherein aerating device is adapted at articulated mounting and continues to work according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 30.

32. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 25, wherein at least one zone comes down to continuous.

33. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 32, wherein each zone in fact all is continuous.

34. an aerating device, comprising:

First inflatable bladder; And

Adjoin second inflatable bladder of arrangement with first bladder, first bladder and second bladder all are fit to corresponding first air-fill levels health be maintained first body position and with corresponding second air-fill levels health maintained second body position.

35., further comprise the comfort liner that is arranged at least on one of first bladder and second bladder according to the aerating device of claim 34.

36. according to the aerating device of claim 34, wherein first body position is flat crouching, and second body position is to sway.

37. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 34, wherein first air-fill levels of first bladder is greater than second air-fill levels of first bladder, and first air-fill levels of second bladder is greater than second air-fill levels of second bladder.

38. according to the inflation heelpiece of claim 34, wherein first bladder be fit to support user's trunk and second bladder is a pillow.

39. an inflatable body support, comprising:

Inflatable bladder; And

The removable support of turning up the soil and being connected with inflatable bladder and being fit to support inflatable bladder, described support comprise the separation that is arranged in below the inflatable bladder.

40. according to the inflatable body support of claim 39, further comprise removable turn up the soil to be connected with support inflatable bladder is supported on framework above the separation.

41. according to the inflatable body support of claim 39, wherein inflatable bladder and support hingedly are coupled.

42. according to the inflatable body support of claim 39, wherein inflatable bladder is by hingedly being coupled with hinged framework and the support of support.

43. according to the inflatable body support of claim 39, wherein inflatable bladder is an airbed.

44. according to the inflatable body support of claim 39, wherein inflatable bladder is a chair.

45. according to the inflatable body support of claim 40, its middle frame is fit to relative support slippage, rotates or lifts inflatable bladder.

46., comprise that further making relative support slippage, rotate or lift inflatable bladder becomes possible rail, guide rail or track according to the inflatable body support of claim 45.

47. the inflatable body support according to claim 46 further comprises the locking mechanism that inflatable bladder is maintained the position of rising.

48. use the method for the be shaped aerating device of forming by inflatable bladder and at least one setting member, combination of described setting member and inflatable bladder so that the shape that the global shape of inflatable bladder is different in essence and inflates alone in inflatable bladder during with the combination of setting member under venting condition, this method comprises following behavior:

Adjusting at least one setting member makes it corresponding to the first selected shape;

Make it first shape that reaches selected to inflatable bladder inflation;

Adjusting at least one setting member makes it corresponding to the second selected shape; And

Make it second shape that reaches selected to bladder inflation or venting.

49. according to the method for claim 48, the behavior that the first of health uses aerating device and the second portion of health uses aerating device when the second selected shape when further being included in the first selected shape.

50. according to the method for claim 48, wherein first adjustment behavior forms and is fit to the device that head uses, and second adjustment behavior forms the device that is fit to the use of one of back and shank.

51. according to the method for claim 48, wherein the behavior that is inflated to the first selected shape to bladder forms the bolster of first size, and forms the bolster of second size to the behavior that bladder is inflated to the second selected shape.

52. according to the method for claim 48, wherein one of at least the first shape and second shape right and wrong are columnar.

53. according to the method for claim 48, wherein at least one securing member directly is connected with inflatable bladder.

54., wherein adjust at least one setting member and make it to comprise the adjustment rigid member corresponding to the behavior of the second selected shape according to the method for claim 48.

55. use the method for the be shaped aerating device that comprises bladder, this method comprises following behavior:

Adjusting bladder makes it corresponding to the first selected shape;

Make it first shape that reaches selected to inflatable bladder inflation;

Adjusting bladder makes it corresponding to the second selected shape; And

Make it second shape that reaches selected to bladder inflation or venting.

56., wherein adjust bladder and make it corresponding to the behavior of the first selected shape and adjust bladder to make it the behavior that one of behavior corresponding to the second selected shape comprises folding bladder according to the using method of the be shaped aerating device of claim 55.

57. an inflatable airbed, comprising:

Inflatable bladder; And

The heater that adjoins inflatable bladder.

58. according to the inflatable bladder of claim 57, wherein heater is made up of the resistor disc that is arranged in the adhesive tape on the bladder by at least one.

59. according to the inflatable bladder of claim 57, wherein bladder has length, at least one resistor disc extends along the whole length of bladder in fact.

60. according to the inflatable bladder of claim 57, wherein heater is arranged equably along the size of heelpiece.

61. according to the inflatable bladder of claim 57, wherein heater is only arranged along the part of heelpiece.

62. by inflatable bladder, superficial layer and be arranged in bladder and superficial layer between the using method of the aerating device formed of first intermediate layer, this method comprises following behavior:

Remove first intermediate layer; And

Second intermediate layer is placed on the position that is arranged between bladder and the superficial layer.

63. according to the method for claim 62, wherein first intermediate layer is made up of one of following material at least: foamed plastics, cotton and fine hair.

64. according to the method for claim 62, wherein first intermediate layer and second intermediate layer comprise mutually the same material.

65. according to the method for claim 62, wherein first intermediate layer and second intermediate layer comprise the material that differs from one another.