Patent ID: 6243898
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
An article of manufacture, comprising:a mattress having a cutout portion dimensioned and shaped to receive a bedpan, said mattress having a thickness and said cutout portion extending only partway through said thickness of said mattress, said mattress having a top and sides, said cutout portion defined by sides and a floor, said bedpan resting on said floor of said cutout portion in said mattress when said bedpan is placed into said cutout portion;an insert dimensioned to fit within said cutout portion, said insert filling said cutout portion and having the same resilience when placed in said cutout portion as said mattress;a first removable fitted sheet dimensioned to cover said top and said sides of said mattress and to cover said walls and said floor of said cutout portion; anda second fitted sheet covering said cutout portion.