Patent ID: 7908688

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a ventilating device together in combination with a bed and bed cover, said apparatus comprising: an injection molded base portion of single construction, an air conduit channel, and a fan, wherein the fan is disposed within the base portion; said base portion having a hollow interior portion and further comprising: i) at least one inlet opening through which air may be admitted, and ii) an exit opening through which air may exit in a substantially vertical direction; said air conduit channel having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion; wherein said inlet end portion of said air conduit channel is in effective fluid communication with said exit opening of said base portion, said air conduit channel connecting with the base portion so that air is discharged from the base portion in a substantially vertical direction and flows upwardly through the air conduit channel from the inlet end portion to the outlet end portion; and wherein said outlet end portion defines a ventilating exit through which air may exit the device; the base portion functioning as a support for the air conduit channel, said air conduit channel extending upwardly form the base portion; said at least one fan disposed between said inlet opening in said base portion and said outlet end portion of said air conduit channel for causing ambient air to follow from said inlet opening of said base portion to the outlet end portion of said air conduit channel; a bed comprising a mattress having a top surface, the base portion of the housing being disposed beneath the bed; a bed covering disposed upon the top surface of said mattress; a volume of air being defined between the top surface of said mattress and said bed covering, said air conduit channel extending upwardly alongside the mattress beneath the bed covering so that air is expelled out of said air outlet end portion of said air conduit channel and into said volume of air; and two adjustably positioned support arms attached between a support bar and said air conduit channel to provide adjustment of a spacing between the support bar and the ventilating exit, wherein said support bar is adjustably positioned by the support arms to be directly in the path of air exiting said ventilating exit; wherein said adjustably positioned support arms are attached to said air conduit by hook-and-loop fasteners.