Patent ID: 9022051
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve for an inflatable device, the inflatable device shaped and configured to support at least a portion of a user, the valve comprising: a base including a first region configured to seal to a fluid impermeable wall of a bladder of the inflatable device, the base further including a second region that defines an orifice for exhausting fluid from an interior of the inflatable device, the second region configured to provide a sealing surface; a cap including a rim, the rim including a generally circular peripheral region including at least one rib located about an underside of the peripheral region and a cavity defined in part by at least one wall located radially inward of the rib; a seal including a first end region secured to the cap within the cavity between the at least one wall and the at least one rib, wherein the at least one rib abuts the first end region of the seal and a second end region of the seal is configured to freely move with the at least one first end region of the seal being secured to the cap within the cavity; wherein the second end region of the seal is configured to press into engagement with the sealing surface to produce a force between the second end region of the seal and at least one of the base and the cap that is substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the orifice when the cap is secured to the base to provide a fluid tight seal.