Air mattress
First Claim
1. An air mattress to be laid upon a plurality of frames including at least a raisable back frame of a bed, comprising:
- a plurality of air cell groups lined up in a lengthwise direction of the air mattress, each of which groups being made of a plurality of bladder-shaped cells;
an air supply/release pump;
an air tube connecting said air cell groups and said air supply/release pump in an independent system for each air cell group of two or more air cell groups out of said air cell groups; and
a controller for receiving from an external sensor for detecting information needed to control said bed at least a part of said information, and controlling air supply/release for the air supply/release pump for each of said air cell groups on the basis of the received informationwherein;
the bladder-shaped cells of said air cell groups comprise rod-shaped cells extending in a widthwise direction of the air mattress;
said plurality of air cell groups includes air cell groups corresponding to the back area, the buttock area and the thigh area of a person lying on the air mattress; and
when said back frame is raised, said controller increases the pressure of said air cell groups corresponding to the back area and thigh area, and performs a control so that the pressure of said back-area and thigh-area air cell groups is greater than the pressure of said buttock-area air cell group.
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Abstract
Provided is an air mattress in which internal pressure can be controlled according to the movements of a bed.
The air mattress is provided with a plurality of air cell groups lined up in the lengthwise direction of the air mattress, each of which groups is made from a plurality of bladder-shaped cells; an air supply/release pump; and an air tube connecting the air cell groups and the air supply/release pump in an independent system for each air cell group of two or more air cell groups out of said air cell groups. Air supply/release by the air supply/release pump to each of the air cell groups is controlled by a controller, at least a part of information needed to control the bed is received from an external sensor for detecting such information, and air supply/release by the air supply/release pump for each of the air cell groups is controlled on the basis of the received information.
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11 Claims
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1. An air mattress to be laid upon a plurality of frames including at least a raisable back frame of a bed, comprising:
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a plurality of air cell groups lined up in a lengthwise direction of the air mattress, each of which groups being made of a plurality of bladder-shaped cells; an air supply/release pump; an air tube connecting said air cell groups and said air supply/release pump in an independent system for each air cell group of two or more air cell groups out of said air cell groups; and a controller for receiving from an external sensor for detecting information needed to control said bed at least a part of said information, and controlling air supply/release for the air supply/release pump for each of said air cell groups on the basis of the received information wherein; the bladder-shaped cells of said air cell groups comprise rod-shaped cells extending in a widthwise direction of the air mattress; said plurality of air cell groups includes air cell groups corresponding to the back area, the buttock area and the thigh area of a person lying on the air mattress; and when said back frame is raised, said controller increases the pressure of said air cell groups corresponding to the back area and thigh area, and performs a control so that the pressure of said back-area and thigh-area air cell groups is greater than the pressure of said buttock-area air cell group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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