SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERNAL AIRBED STRUCTURE

• US 20190223617A1
• Filed: 04/04/2019
• Published: 07/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (MDF Commerce, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (MDF Commerce, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ocegueda Gallaga, Victor Hugo, Lan, Chaolong, Ma, Minglian
• Granted Patent: US 10,455,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/087 with means for connecting opposite sides, e.g. internal ties or strips

Abstract

An air mattress comprises an internal structure for helping the air mattress maintain a desired geometric shape when inflated and for preventing shearing of the top and bottom surfaces of the mattress. The internal structure comprises a plurality of connection strips or a mesh web that are attached to a plurality of top surface connection points and bottom surface connection points.

Claims

1. An inflatable air mattress comprising:

a first surface having a first plurality of connection points on an interior side of the first surface;

a second surface having a second plurality of connection points on an interior side of the second surface, the second surface configured to be substantially opposite the first surface when the inflatable air mattress is inflated;

one or more side surfaces connecting the top surface to the bottom surface such that the first surface, the second surface, and the one or more side surfaces form an airtight enclosure; and

a mesh web attached to three or more connection points of the first plurality of connection points and one or more connection points of the second plurality of connection points.

2. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein the mesh web comprises a single piece of material having a plurality of apertures.

3. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein the mesh web is attached to an inner surface of at least one of the one or more side surfaces.

4. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein the mesh web is a first mesh web, the inflatable air mattress further comprising a second mesh web that is attached to one or more connection points of the first plurality of connection points and three or more connection points of the second plurality of connection points.

5. The inflatable air mattress of claim 4, wherein the first mesh web comprises a first single piece of material having a first plurality of apertures and the second mesh web comprises a second single piece of material having a second plurality of apertures.

6. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein connection points of the first plurality of connection points are spaced apart at predetermined intervals and connection points of the second plurality of connection points are spaced apart at predetermined intervals.

7. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein connection points of the second plurality of connection points are located on the second surface in positions that are laterally offset relative to locations of connection points of the first plurality of connection points on the first surface when the inflatable air mattress is inflated.

8. The inflatable air mattress of claim 1, wherein the mesh web is attached to at least one connection point of the first plurality of connection points and/or at least one connection point of the second plurality of connection points by an attachment strip.

9. An inflatable air mattress comprising:

a first surface having a first plurality of connection points on an interior side of the first surface;

a second surface having a second plurality of connection points on an interior side of the second surface, the second surface configured to be substantially opposite the first surface when the inflatable air mattress is inflated;

one or more side surfaces connecting the top surface to the bottom surface such that the first surface, the second surface, and the one or more side surfaces form an airtight enclosure; and

an internal structure comprising a single piece of material attached to two or more connection points of the first plurality of connection points and one or more connection points of the second plurality of connection points.

10. The inflatable air mattress of claim 9, wherein the internal structure is a strip-based internal structure and the single piece of material is a connection strip.

11. The inflatable air mattress of claim 10, wherein the strip-based internal structure comprises a plurality of connections strips, each connection strip of the plurality of connection strips being attached to three or connection points of the first plurality of connection points or the second plurality of connection points, and

wherein the single piece of material is a first connection strip of the plurality of connection strips.

12. The inflatable air mattress of claim 11, wherein the first connection strip of the plurality of connection strips is attached to two or more connection points of the first plurality of connection points and one or more connection points of the second plurality of connection points, and

wherein a second connection strip of the plurality of connection strips is attached to one or more connection points of the first plurality of connection points and two or more connection points of the second plurality of connection points, and further

wherein a first connection point of the first plurality of connection points is adjacent a first connection point of the second plurality of connection points such that the first connection strip and the second connection strip form opposite connection patterns.

13. The inflatable air mattress of claim 12, wherein the first connection strip extends in a first row or column and the second connection strip extends in a second row or column, the second row or column being laterally offset and substantially parallel to the first row or column.

14. The inflatable air mattress of claim 9, wherein the internal structure is a sheet-based internal structure and the single piece of material is a mesh sheet, the mesh sheet comprising a plurality of apertures.

15. The inflatable air mattress of claim 9 further comprising an air control system, the air control system configured to control air flow for inflating and deflating the inflatable air mattress.

16. The inflatable air mattress of claim 15, wherein the air control system comprises an outer seal operable to open and establish fluid connection between the air control system and ambient air and an inner seal operable to open and establish fluid connection between the air control system and an interior of the inflatable air mattress.

17. The inflatable air mattress of claim 16 further comprising a controller configured to selectively open and close the inner seal and the outer seal.

18. The inflatable air mattress of claim 15 further comprising a controller configured to execute one or more operating modes.

19. The inflatable air mattress of claim 18, wherein the one or more operating modes comprises an inflation mode, a deflation mode, an air recirculation mode, or a standby mode.