Rotating infant mattress
DCFirst Claim
1. An infant compartment for containing an infant, said infant compartment comprising a base and a mattress tray supported on said base, a hood covering said mattress tray and supported on said base to enclose therein said infant compartment, said hood having an opening and a front door openable and closable with respect to said opening, mounting means adapted to mount said mattress tray to said base to rotate in a plane about a point and movable along a line to enable said mattress tray to move through said opening between an internal position wherein it is fully within said infant compartment and an external position wherein said mattress tray is at least partially positioned external of said infant compartment, said mounting means allowing the rotation of said mattress tray when said mattress tray is in said external position.
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Abstract
An infant care apparatus such as an incubator or infant warmer having a mattress for supporting the infant on an infant platform that can, at times, by fully rotated 360 degrees to obtain full access to the infant. In the incubator, a translation platform can be slid into and out of the infant compartment and the mattress tray is pivoted to that translation platform so as to rotate at a pivot point that connects the mattress tray to the translation platform. Accordingly, when all of the doors of the infant incubator are in the closed position, the mattress tray is constrained from rotational movement but that mattress tray can be rotated a full 360 degrees whenever both doors are open or when the translation platform has been moved to a position at least partially exterior of the infant compartment. In all, the apparatus provides easy and convenient access to the infant for carrying out procedures on the infant while it is still supported by the infant care apparatus.
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- 1. An infant compartment for containing an infant, said infant compartment comprising a base and a mattress tray supported on said base, a hood covering said mattress tray and supported on said base to enclose therein said infant compartment, said hood having an opening and a front door openable and closable with respect to said opening, mounting means adapted to mount said mattress tray to said base to rotate in a plane about a point and movable along a line to enable said mattress tray to move through said opening between an internal position wherein it is fully within said infant compartment and an external position wherein said mattress tray is at least partially positioned external of said infant compartment, said mounting means allowing the rotation of said mattress tray when said mattress tray is in said external position.
- 6. An infant incubator for enclosing an infant in a controlled environment, said infant incubator having a base section and a hood covering said base section and enclosing therebetween an infant compartment for containing an infant, said incubator having a planar platform separating said infant compartment and said base section, a translation tray slidably mounted atop said planar platform and adapted to be movable between a position within said infant compartment to a position at least partially exterior of said infant compartment, a mattress tray having a mattress for underlying and supporting an infant, said mattress tray rotatably affixed to said translation tray about a pivot point, said mattress tray being rotatable in a plane about said pivot point to rotate the infant supported thereon to multiple positions about said pivot point for access by an attendant.
- 11. An infant care apparatus for supporting an infant, said infant care apparatus comprising a base and a mattress tray supported on said base, means to provide heat to the infant supported on said mattress tray, mounting means adapted to mount said mattress tray to said base to be rotatably movable about a central pivot point to enable said mattress tray to rotate 360 degrees about said central pivot point.
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