Patent ID: 8276223
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A47C,E04H

Abstract:
1. A sound-insulating sleeping enclosure with ventilation safeguards comprising: a sound-insulating sleeping enclosure, within which one or more people sleep, that reduces exposure of one or more sleepers to sounds; a first ventilation means for ventilation wherein this first means for ventilation provides active ventilation of the sleeping enclosure when this first ventilation means for ventilation is operating; a second ventilations means for ventilation wherein this second means for ventilation provides passive ventilation of the sleeping enclosure whenever the first means for ventilation is not operating; and an automatic linkage between the operation of the first means for ventilation and the second means for ventilation that ensures either active ventilation of the enclosure through the first means for ventilation or passive ventilation of the enclosure through the second means for ventilation such that uninterrupted continued operation of the first ventilation means prevents uninterrupted continued operation of the second ventilation means, and uninterrupted continued operation of the second ventilation means can only occur when the first ventilation means is not operating; wherein the second ventilation means for ventilation comprises a plurality of parallel inflatable members fluidly interconnected at one of their respective ends, wherein, when inflated, the inflatable members cooperate to close gaps between adjacent inflatable members.