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Air-mat apparatus

US5035016A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 1990
Grant dateJul 30, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61G7/05776
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an air-mat apparatus, air mat has four air bags, two of which have a plurality of air-jetting holes and two others of which have no holes. In a preferred embodiment, the bags having the air-jetting holes are arranged in a zigzag pattern while the remaining two bags are arranged in a comb-shaped pattern. Air ports for the bags having air-jetting holes are connected through flowrate-adjusting valves to an air-distributing valve, while the air ports of the bags having no holes are also connected to the air-distributing valve but not through the flowrate-adjusting valves. The arrangement permits two of the air bags to be inflated and deflated to a specific degree, and the other two air bags to be inflated and deflated to a different degree.

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