Inflatable bed pad providing bed pan space
Abstract
Abstract THE DISCLOSURE IS TO A BED PAD THAT TIES TOGETHER IN ABUTMENT, UNDER THE PAD COVER, INFLATABLE COMPARTMENTS OCCUPYING SUCCESSIVE AREAS ACROSS THE PAD FROM FOOT TO HEAD. A BED PAN SUPPORTING COMPARTMENT WITH COVER THEREUPON SEPARATES COMPARTMENT MEANS WITH LOWER COVER THEREUPON FROM A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS WITH UPPER COVER THEREUPON. A SPOOL VALVE IS PROVIDED SELECTIVELY TO BE ADVANCED TO ALLOW COMPRESSED AIR TO PASS SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS TO INFLATE IN SUCCESSION THE COMPARTMENT MEANS AND THEN THE COMPARTMENTS, PREFERABLY TWO AT A TIME. THE COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY IS SPLIT SO THAT COMPRESSED AIR MAY BE SELECTIVELY DIRECTED TO INFLATE THE BED PAN SUPPORTING COMPARTMENT TO THE LEVEL OF THE OTHER INFLATED COMPARTMENTS AT TIMES WHEN IT IS NOT DESIRED TO HAVE THIS COMPARTMENT DEFLATED TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR SERVICE INSERTION, AS BY A BED PAN.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel Morris Tucker
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