Prenatal mattress

Claim 1

A prenatal mattress for supporting the head, abdomen and other portions of the body of a pregnant user lying frontally downwardly thereupon, comprising: (a) an upper layer comprising a longitudinally-extending sheet of flexible material having substantially upper and lower planar surfaces and opposed ends; (b) a lower layer comprising a longitudinally-extending sheet of flexible material having substantially upper and lower planar surfaces and opposed ends, said lower layer being securely attached to said upper layer along one end of each of said layers; (c) a first substantially ring-shaped resilient cushion, said first cushion having a substantially circular center hole and being disposed between said first and second layers in a suitable location for providing support for the abdomen of the user; (d) a second resilient cushion disposed between said first and second layers and located in a substantially horizontal plane axially of said first cushion in a suitable location for providing support for the head of the user; (e) releasable fastening means carried by a portion of the lower surface of said upper layer along adjacent edges thereof; (f) releasable fastening means carried by a portion of the upper surface of said lower layer along adjacent edges thereof and located so as to be operable to releasably engage said fastening means carried by said upper layer when the lower surface of said upper layer is brought into contact with the upper surface of said lower layer, thereby to join said layers so that said cushions are disposed between said joined layers; (g) additional releasable fastening means carried by the upper surface of said lower layer; and (h) releasable fastening means carried by each of said cushions and operable to releasably engage said additional fastening means carried by said lower layer, thereby to secure said cushions between said layers in their respective suitable locations.