Patent ID: 7614105

Claim:
A multi-purpose bed for permitting a user to comfortably lay face-down during extended time periods, said multi-purpose bed comprising: a mattress having a linear passageway formed between top and bottom surfaces of said mattress, said passageway extending towards a center of said mattress and being disposed between opposed longitudinal sides of said mattress such that ambient air is permitted to ingress and egress between said bottom and top surfaces of said mattress, said mattress further having a plurality of openings formed through said top surface thereof, each of said openings being suitably sized and shaped for receiving a user face thereat while the user is laying face-down on said top surface of said mattress; a plurality of pillows removably attached to said top surface of said mattress and positioned along partial perimeters of said openings respectively such that the user face is supported adjacent to said openings while the user is laying face-down on said mattress; a plurality of panels adjustably situated beneath said openings respectively; and means for independently adapting each of said panels between open and closed positions for permitting and prohibiting free flow of the ambient air through a corresponding one of said openings and said passageway respectively; wherein each of said panels are displaced along corresponding travel paths extending subjacent to said openings and defined between said top and bottom surfaces of said mattress respectively for preventing air-borne fluids and debris from passing through said openings and said passageway respectively.