Patent ID: 6568006
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A heated air mattress device for positioning on a massage table, the massage table having a platform and a plurality of legs, said platform having a back edge having a pair of wells extending therein, said device comprising:an air mattress having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, each of said walls of said air mattress being substantially flexible, an air valve for filling said air mattress with air being coupled to said top wall and being in communication with an interior of said air mattress; a tube for carrying water into said air mattress, said tube being elongated and having a first end and a second end, said tube being positioned in said air mattress, each of said first and second ends of said tube extending outwardly through said front wall of said air mattress, the portion of said tube within said air mattress being securely attached to an inner surface of said top wall; a water heating and pumping device, each of said first and second ends of said tube being fluidly coupled to said water heating and pumping device, wherein said water heating and pumping device is adapted for heating water positioned in said tube and circulating said water in said tube; a pillow portion having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall extending between and being integrally coupled to said upper and lower walls, each of said walls of said pillow portion being substantially flexible, an air valve for filling said pillow portion with air being coupled to said upper wall and extending into an interior of said pillow portion; said portion of said tube within said air mattress having a break therein such that a third end and a fourth end of said tube are defined, each of said third and fourth ends extending outwardly through said back wall of said air mattress, wherein said third and fourth ends may be fluidly coupled together; and a conduit for carrying water into said pillow portion, said conduit being elongated and having a first end and a second end, said conduit being positioned in said pillow portion, each of said first and second ends of said conduit extending outwardly through said peripheral wall of said pillow portion, the portion of said conduit in said pillow portion being securely attached to an inner surface of said upper wall, wherein each of said first and second ends of said conduit may be fluidly coupled to one of said third and fourth ends of said tube.