Patent ID: 6516481
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
A mattress assembly designed to support a patient during a period of recovery from surgery, said assembly comprising:a) a support platform having an elongated configuration and terminating at spaced apart proximal and distal ends, b) an opening formed in said platform in substantially aligned and receiving relation to a predetermined portion of the patient's body, c) said opening dimensioned and configured to maintain at least the predetermined body portion out of supported engagement with a remainder of said support platform, d) said opening extending completely through said support platform in contiguous relation with opposite sides thereof, e) an access channel formed in said support platform and extending continuously from one side of said support platform inwardly into communicating relation with said opening, f) an insert removably disposable within said access channel exteriorly of said opening, said insert selectively disposable in either a supportive or a non-supportive position, g) an attachment assembly comprising a plurality of attachment members removably connecting said insert within said access channel, and h) said plurality of attachment members disposed on exterior surface portions of said insert and on correspondingly disposed interior surface portions of said access channel.