Patent ID: 6302988
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61G,B29C,B29L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fabricating an air mattress comprising the steps of:providing a base sheet of flexible plastic sheet material;making a plurality of orifices in said base sheet;cutting a rectangular portion of flexible plastic sheet material having length less than a width of said mattressand width determined by an intended height of an air cell;folding said rectangular portion in half along said length thereby forming a pair of opposite side walls having opposite first side ends and second side ends;sealing said first ends together and sealing said second ends together thereby forming an air cell;folding up a lower edge of said air cell to form an upturned skirt defining a base perimeter of said air cell;placing said air cell on said upper surface of said base sheet so as to span said width of the base sheet and with said base perimenter encompassing one or more of said orifices; andpermanently sealing said upturned skirt to said base sheet along said base perimeter.