Patent ID: 8104125
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A self-contained gatching mattress comprising: a gatching mattress sleep deck having a deck head end, a deck foot end, a deck right side, a deck left side, a deck top surface, a head section, a seat section, and a foot section; a first air bladder cushion (a) positioned above the head section, and (b) has a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first head end, a first foot end, a first left side, and a first right side; a second cushion material (a) positioned above the seat section, and (b) has a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a second head end, a second foot end, a second left side, and a second right side; a control box (a) positioned on the foot section's foot end and on the deck top surface, (b) having an air pump system that draws ambient air into the control box, (c) having a manifold receive the air from the air pump system and direct the appropriate amount of fluid through a first conduit to the first air bladder to allow the first air bladder contain a first desired air pressure; a conduit distribution unit positioned (a) at or near the juncture between the foot section and the seat section and (b) on the deck top surface, and (c) having a first aperture for the first conduit; a sliding bridge having a proximal end interconnected to or near the conduit distribution unit and a distal end positioned on top of the control box to form a gap area positioned between (a) the conduit distribution unit and the control box and (b) the foot section and the sliding bridge; and a first cushion material positioned above the sliding bridge and the control box.