Patent ID: 6026525
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A portable mattress system comprising:first and second mattress sections configured to be movable between a flat bed configuration and a folded totable configuration, each mattress section comprising:a base having opposing, spaced-apart sides, opposing, spaced-apart ends, and a central sleeping surface;a pair of sidewalls, each positioned at a different one of the opposing sides of the base and projecting away from the base to a defined height relative to the central sleeping surface; andan end wall positioned at one of the ends of the base, the end wall projecting away from the base to a defined height relative to the central sleeping surface, the end wall extending substantially fully between the sidewalls of the base; andat least one hinge connecting the first and second mattress sections together, at a location away from the end walls thereof for pivotal movement of the first and second mattress sections relative to each other between the bed configuration with the bases of the first and second mattress sections in generally coplanar relation and the totable configuration with the bases of the first and second mattress sections in generally parallel, spaced-apart relation, when in the bed configuration the central sleeping surfaces of the bases of the first and second mattress sections in combination form a recessed sleeping surface of sufficient size to accommodate at least a prone infant, and one of the pair of sidewalls of each of the bases being in general alignment and the other of the pair of sidewalls of each of the bases being in general alignment to form in combination sidewalls on opposing sides of the recessed sleeping surface extending substantially the full length of the recessed sleeping surface, the sidewalls and end walls of the bases being of sufficient height to restrict movement of the sleeping infant beyond the periphery of the recessed sleeping surface, wherein each of the first and second mattress sections further includes a cover contoured to enclose the base, sidewalls and end wall thereof, and the covers of the first and second mattress sections are attached together to form the at least one hinge.