Mattress with service plug and provision for long sheet

Abstract

Abstract THE DISCLOSURE IS TO MATTRESS COMPRISED OF A BASE OF FLEXIBILITY OF SUBSTANTIAL RIGIDITY AND A CUSHION OF SOFT, YIELDABLE, MATERIAL, AS FOAM RUBBER WITH THE BASE HAVING UPWARDLY GROOVED RIBS THEREACROSS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SPACING OF THE JOINTS OR PIVOT LINES OF HOSPITAL BED FRAMES. AN OFFSET IS PROVIDED INTO THE MATTRESS FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF AT RELATIVE DISTANCE FROM FOOT AND HEAD AT WHICH A CONVENTIONAL BED PAN WOULD BE USED, AND A PLUG IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CUSHION AND BASE MATERIALS IS NORMALLY IN PLACE IN THE OFFSET. A GROOVE EXTENDS THROUGH THE PLUG IN DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF THE MATTRESS WHEN THE PLUG IS IN PLACE AND A TRANSVERSE GROOVE ACROSS THE CUSHION DISTANCE FORM OFFSET OT OTHER SIDE IS IN CO-EXTENSION OF THE PLUG GROOVE. THUS A COVER SHEET, MAY HAVE THAT LENGTH THEREOF. IN EXCESS OF CONVENTIONAL LENGTH, FOLDED INTO THE TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED CUSHION AND PLUG GROOVE WHEN THE PLUG IS IN PLACE. THEN, WITH PLUG REMOVED, THE FOLD PART OF THE SHEET FROM THE PLUG GROOVE MAY BE SPREAD OUT TO PROTECTIVELY COVER THE OFFSET PRIOR TO THE INSERTION OF A SERVICE ITEM, AS A BED PAN, INTO THE OFFSET. THE INVENTION MAY INCLUDE OTHER ITEMS THAT A SPECIAL BED PAN, AS, FOR INSTANCE, AN INSPECTION MIRROR.

Inventors

• 👤 John H Staley

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