Patent ID: 7406736

Claim:
A stand alone integrated mattress comprising: a self-contained mattress unit having at least a head section and a foot section, and capable of converting from a horizontal position or an inclined position to a chair-like conformation; at least one fluid source; a control system (a) positioned in either the head section of the self-contained mattress unit or the foot section of the self-contained mattress unit and (b) transmits an electrical signal through transmission lines to a first dispersion unit and a second dispersion unit, a first bladder in the section of the self-contained mattress unit without the control system and a second bladder in the section of the self-contained mattress unit with the control system; the first dispersion unit is positioned in the section of the self-contained mattress unit without the control system, the first dispersion unit receives a signal from the control system that operates a fan or a pump in the first dispersion unit to pull or push fluid from the fluid source into the first dispersion unit, and the first dispersion unit directs the fluid into a first fluid conduit that transmits the fluid into the first inflatable bladder, the first fluid conduit is positioned exclusively in the section without the control system; the second dispersion unit is positioned in the section with the control system; the second dispersion unit receives a signal from the control system that operates a fan or a pump in the second dispersion unit to pull or push fluid from the fluid source, and the second dispersion unit directs the fluid into a second fluid conduit that transmits the fluid into the second inflatable bladder, the second fluid conduit is positioned exclusively in the section with the control system; the first inflatable bladder, the second inflatable bladder, the first dispersion unit, the first fluid conduit, the second dispersion unit, the second fluid conduit, the control system, and the transmission lines are within the self-contained mattress unit.