SLEEPING PAD FOR SLEEPING COT

• US 20170027334A1
• Filed: 07/29/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEMO Equipment, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NEMO Equipment, Inc.
• Inventors: Schnackenberg, Kurtis, Brensinger, Cam
• Granted Patent: US 10,455,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/22 Hammocks; Hammock spreaders
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/081 of pneumatic type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/084 self inflating
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/146 on the outside surface of the mattress or cushion
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/086 for outdoor sleeping
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/02 by heating, with or without pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 22/02 Inflatable articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2075/00 Use of PU, i.e. polyureas or polyurethanes or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/751 Mattresses, cushions upholstery B29L2031/58

Abstract

A contoured sleeping pad for use on a hot or other similar structure having a sag or “valley” in a central region. The contoured sleeping pad includes top and bottom surfaces and left and right longitudinal edges. The contoured sleeping pad has a height or thickness proximate the left and right longitudinal edges which is less than the height in a central region approximately midway between the left and right longitudinal edges.

Claims

1. A contoured sleeping pad, comprising:

the sleeping pad having a length, a width and a top and bottom surface, said width defined by first and second longitudinal edges, said top and bottom surface is joined proximate said first and second longitudinal edges in defining a cavity between said top and bottom surfaces; and

said sleeping pad having a first thickness proximate said first and second longitudinal edges and a second thickness proximate a central region of said width at a point approximately one-half of a distance between said first and second longitudinal edges, said second thickness being greater than said first thickness.

2. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 1, wherein said cavity is filled with air.

3. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 1, wherein said cavity is filled with a foam material.

4. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 3, wherein said foam material is an open cell foam.

5. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 1, further including an integral pillow.

6. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 2, further including an integral air pump, configured for filling said cavity with air.

7. The contoured sleeping pad according to claim 4, further including an air inlet/outlet, disposed in one of said top and bottom surfaces and fluidly coupled to said cavity, and configured for allowing air to enter and exit said cavity.

8. A contoured sleeping pad, comprising:

the sleeping pad having a length, a width and a top and bottom surface, said width defined by first and second longitudinal edges, said top and bottom surface is joined proximate said first and second longitudinal edges in defining a cavity between said top and bottom surfaces, wherein said cavity is filled with air;

said sleeping pad having a first thickness proximate said first and second longitudinal edges and a second thickness proximate a central region of said width at a point approximately one-half of a distance between said first and second longitudinal edges, said second thickness being greater than said first thickness; and

said sleeping pad further including an integral air pump, configured for filling said cavity with said air.

9. A contoured sleeping pad, comprising:

the sleeping pad having a length, a width and a top and bottom surface, said width defined by first and second longitudinal edges, said top and bottom surface is joined proximate said first and second longitudinal edges in defining a cavity between said top and bottom surfaces, wherein said cavity is filled with an open cell foam material, further including an air inlet/outlet;

an air inlet/outlet, disposed in one of said top and bottom surfaces and fluidly coupled to said cavity, and configured for allowing air to enter and exit said cavity; and

said sleeping pad having a first thickness proximate said first and second longitudinal edges and a second thickness proximate a central region of said width at a point approximately one-half of a distance between said first and second longitudinal edges, said second thickness being greater than said first thickness.