Patent ID: 6317911
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A toothless rake for moving an air bubble entrapped between the surface of the water in and the underside of the top of a waterbed mattress to a vent through the top of the mattress comprising:an elongated member having a lower surface of C-shaped cross-section taken in a direction transverse to a length of said member, said member comprising of plurality of linear submembers connected in end to end relationship by a plurality of elbows therebetween, said lower surface at a nadir thereof being tangent to a single plane along substantially said length, said member having a pair of legs and spaced apart beginning and end points which, together with a straight line connecting said beginning and end points, substantially define a triangle for surrounding the bubble; anda handle having one end thereof connected to an apex of said member and another end thereof extending above said plane for manually urging said member downwardly against an upper side of the top of the mattress to trap the bubble within said triangle and for guiding said triangle and the bubble trapped therein into communication with the vent.