Multi-functional inflatable bed

• US 7,376,994 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Issued: 05/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hsin-Tsai Wu
• Original Assignee: Hsin-Tsai Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Hsin-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): Trettel; Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/489,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20070169272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 569/4, 571/3, 590/4, 590/5
• US Class Current: 5/694
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/081 of pneumatic type

Abstract

An inflatable bed includes an inflatable bed body having a top layer, a bottom layer, and an annular surrounding layer interconnecting the top and bottom layers and cooperating with the top and bottom layers to define an inflatable space. The surrounding layer is formed with an accommodating groove unit. An air valve is disposed on the inflatable bed body.

Claims

1. An inflatable bed comprising:

an inflatable bed body having a top layer, a bottom layer, and an annular surrounding layer interconnecting said top and bottom layers and cooperating with said top and bottom layers to define an inflatable space, said surrounding layer being formed with an accommodating groove unit;

an air valve disposed on said inflatable bed body;

a mounting frame disposed fittingly and fixedly in said accommodating groove unit in said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body and configured with a receiving space, said mounting frame having an open side for access into said receiving space, and opposite lateral walls, each of which has an inner surface;

a portable electronic device mounted fittingly and removably in said receiving space in said mounting frame via said open side of said mounting frame, and includes a housing that has opposite side surfaces corresponding respectively to said inner surfaces of said lateral walls of said mounting frame; and

a positioning unit for positioning said portable electronic device in said receiving space in said mounting frame, said positioning unit includes;

a pair of first resilient pieces disposed on and protecting from said inner surfaces of said lateral walls of said mounting frame, respectively, and

a pair of second resilient pieces disposed on and projecting from said opposite side surfaces of said housing of said portable electronic device, respectively, said first resilient pieces abutting respectively against said second resilient pieces when said portable electronic device is mounted in said receiving space in said mounting frame.

2. The inflatable bed as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an air pump unit received in said accommodating groove unit in said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body for injecting air into and expelling air from said inflatable space in said inflatable bed body via said air valve.

3. The inflatable bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting frame has an annular coupling flange extending outwardly from said open side and attached fixedly to said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body.

4. An inflatable bed comprising:

an inflatable bed body having a top layer, a bottom layer, and an annular surrounding layer interconnecting said top and bottom layers and cooperating with said top and bottom layers to define an inflatable space, said surrounding layer being formed with an accommodating groove unit;

an air valve disposed on said inflatable bed body;

a mounting frame disposed fittingly and fixedly in said accommodating groove unit in said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body and configured with a receiving space, said mounting frame having an open side for access into said receiving space, and opposite lateral walls, each of which has an inner surface;

a portable electronic device mounted fittingly and removably in said receiving space in said mounting frame via said open side of said mounting frame, and including a housing that has opposite side surfaces corresponding respectively to said inner surfaces of said lateral walls of said mounting frame; and

a positioning unit for positioning said portable electronic device in said receiving space in said mounting frame, said positioning unit including;

a pair of guide rails disposed fixedly on and projecting from said inner surfaces of said lateral walls of said mounting frame, respectively, and

a pair of guiding grooves formed respectively in said opposite side surfaces of said housing of said portable electronic device,

each of said guide rails engaging movably a corresponding one of said guiding grooves when said portable electronic device is mounted in said receiving space in said mounting frame.

5. The inflatable bed as claimed in claim 4, further comprising an air pump unit received in said accommodating groove unit in said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body for injecting air into and expelling air from said inflatable space in said inflatable bed body via said air valve.

6. The inflatable bed as claimed in claim 4, wherein said mounting frame has an annular coupling flange extending outwardly from said open side and attached fixedly to said surrounding layer of said inflatable bed body.