Method of burping a watermattress and tucking a sheet between said watermattress and a surrounding frame

Claim 1

The method of preparing a waterbed for use said waterbed comprising a water filled mattress surrounded by a frame comprised of sidewalls, said method comprising steps of using a tool to remove trapped air from within said mattress, said tool consisting of a flat, rectangular member made of a self-lubricating plastic with rounded edges to prevent damage to said mattress and having a flat handle flush with the sides of said member and sufficiently thin to permit grasping around said handle, the thickness of said tool being about 1/4 inch, the width being at least eight inches but no more than about ten inches, and the depth being no more than about five and one-half inches, the method comprising grasping said handle and placing a long side of said tool against the top surface of said mattress thus creating a temporary depression, and moving said tool to urge trapped air bubbles toward a valve in said mattress for removal, and then tucking the edge of a sheet between said mattress and said sidewalls of said frame with said tool at an angle of about thirty degrees with said mattress, and sliding said tool at said thirty degree angle along the perimeter of said mattress thereby tucking in the edge of said sheet between said mattress and said sidewall.

Claim 2

The method of preparing a waterbed for use said waterbed comprising a water filled mattress surrounded by a frame comprised of sidewalls, said method comprising steps of using a tool to remove trapped air from within said mattress, said tool consisting of a flat, rectangular member made of a self-lubricating plastic with rounded edges to prevent damage to said mattress and having a flat handle flush with the sides of said member and sufficiently thin to permit grasping around said handle, the thickness of said tool being about 1/4 inch, the width being at least eight inches but no more than about ten inches, and the depth being no more than about five and one-half inches, the method comprising grasping said handle and placing a long side of said tool against the top surface of said mattress thus creating a temporary depression, and moving said tool to urge trapped air bubbles toward a valve in said mattress for removal, and then tucking the edge of a sheet between said mattress and said sidewalls of said frame with said tool at an angle of about thirty degrees with said mattress, and sliding said tool at said thirty degree angle along the perimeter of said mattress thereby tucking in the edge of said sheet between said mattress and said sidewall.