Patent ID: 8261388
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for support of a human on a cushion comprising: a mattress apparatus having a base member of generally rectangular shape with four upstanding peripheral side walls; a plurality of bars disposed on said base member arranged in rows and columns in a rectangular matrix configuration and said plurality of bars having a separation space longitudinally and laterally between adjacent bars; a gas member of generally elongated tubular shape disposed longitudinally in each of said longitudinal separation spaces wherein each of said gas members having a gas conduit connected to a first pressurized gas source; a plurality of lateral gas tubes of generally rectangular shape disposed transversally of said longitudinal gas tubes wherein a first end of each of said lateral gas tubes is connected to a second pressurized gas source; and a bed sheet disposed over said base member to cover an upper portion of said mattress apparatus.