Patent ID: 6112350
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An air mattress adapted to provide firm posture support and comfort, and to be supported on a frame, the mattress comprising:a first, low pressure bag having top and bottom walls and a side wall connecting the periphery thereof, said top, bottom and side walls defining an enclosed chamber for receiving and maintaining a quantity of pressurized gas therein;a second, high pressure bag adapted for receiving and maintaining a quantity of pressurized gas therein at a pressure greater than the pressure within said low pressure bag, the high pressure bag having a length which is less than the length of said low pressure bag and being adapted to provide posture support said second, high pressure bag being divided into two separately inflatable sections at approximately the center width thereof, such that the firmness of each section may be separately adjustable; andan enclosure bag substantially enclosing said first and second bags with said second high pressure bag being disposed below said first low pressure bag at a position adjacent to the longitudinal center of the first low pressure bag.