Adjustable mattress and bed pan for use therewith

• US 3,129,438 A
• Filed: 10/30/1961
• Issued: 04/21/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Credell Hall Rex
• Original Assignee: Credell Hall Rex
• Inventors: CREDELL HALL REX
• Application Number:
  US04/148,326
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• US Class Current: 5/695
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/125 with projections, depressions or cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/02 with toilet conveniences, or specially adapted for use with toilets
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 9/003 Bed-pans

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION A MATTRESS OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHAPE FORMED WITH TWO LATERALLY ADJACENT, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SECTIONS WHOSE ADJACENT SIDES ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER AT ONE END TO PERMIT THE SECTIONS TO BE MOVED HORIZONTALLY TO POSITION THE SECTIONS WITH THE ADJACENT SIDES OF THE SECTIONS IN ANGULARLY SPACED RELATION AND A BED PAN HAVING SIDE PORTIONS OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE THICKNESS OF THE MATTRESS WHICH CONVERGE TOWARD THE FORWARD END OF THE PAN ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE SECTIONS WITH SAID FORWARD END DIRECTED TOWARD SAID ONE END OF SAID SIDES IN POSITION FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SIDES TO HOLD THE SECTIONS APART, SAID PAN ALSO HAVING A CONTINUOUS EXTERNAL RIM AT THE TOP OF THE PAN FORMED WITH PORTIONS WHICH ARE LATERALLY WIDENED TOWARD SAID FORWARD END IN POSITION TO EXTEND OVER THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE SECTIONS.