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INFLATABLE MATTRESS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME

  • US 20110173758A1
  • Filed: 06/22/2009
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A body support for supporting at least a portion of a user, the body support comprising:

  • a first layer of foam defining a plurality of apertures;

    a first plurality of cells at least partially filled with fluid;

    a second plurality of cells at least partially filled with fluid, at least one cell of the second plurality of cells positioned between two cells of the first plurality of cells;

    a second layer of foam covering the first and second plurality of cells; and

    a control system operable to selectively inflate at least one of the cells in the first plurality of cells to the exclusion of at least one of the cells in the second plurality of cells, and to selectively inflate at least one of the cells in the second plurality of cells to the exclusion of at least one of the cells in the first plurality of cells, wherein inflation of a cell in either plurality of cells biases at least a portion of the second layer of foam with respect to the first layer of foam.

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