Patent ID: 9707142
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61G

Claim:
1. An occupant support comprising: a mattress; at least one layer of repositioning bladders; a sensor array; a controller capable of receiving information from the sensor array, identifying suboptimal positioning of an occupant of the occupant support as a function of the received information and also capable of issuing commands in response to the identification of suboptimal positioning; and a pump capable of inflating selected repositioning bladders in response to the issued commands; the issued commands and bladder inflation being such as to establish an elevation gradient compatible with moving the occupant laterally and/or longitudinally across the support surface from an existing occupant position to a target position; wherein the repositioning bladders are dedicated to lateral and/or longitudinal repositioning of the occupant across the support surface and are equally distributed between two laterally adjacent sectors with at least one bladder in each sector.