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Motion damping system for water bed mattresses

US4517691A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1981
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 1, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C27/085
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A free floating wave control unit in combination with a water bed mattress and detachably disposed interiorly therein and coextensive of the top panel of the mattress and comprised of a floatable frame carrying thick fiber batting underlying the top panel and free hanging curtains to intercept and damp out wave motion, and there being marginal walls of thick fiber batting adjacent to the side and end panels of the mattress to damp reflective wave motion.

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