Air mattress assembly having heating device |
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申请号 | US11171425 | 申请日 | 2005-07-01 | 公开(公告)号 | US07181787B2 | 公开(公告)日 | 2007-02-27 |
申请人 | Shin-Tsai Wu; | 发明人 | Shin-Tsai Wu; | ||||
摘要 | An air mattress assembly is provided herein, which mainly contains an air mattress, a blanket member, and a mattress cover. The blanket member is laid flatly on top of the air mattress, which contains a heating wire, a cotton blanket, and an insulating cover. The heating wire is layout on and embedded inside the cotton blanket which is in turn wrapped air-tightly inside the insulating cover. A plurality of snap-on devices are configured on a side and along the perimeter of the insulating cover. The mattress cover covers the blanket member and the air mattress, and has a same number of snap-on devices corresponding to those on the blanket member. These snap-on devices join to those on the blanket member so as to position and attach the blanket member to the mattress cover. | ||||||
权利要求 | I claim: |
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说明书全文 | (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to air mattresses, and more particularly to an air mattress assembly having a built-in heating device. (b) Description of the Prior Art Air mattresses, due to their easy transportation and storage, have earned their acceptance in the households. In addition, a side benefit of air mattresses is that the air contained in the air mattresses provides a cooling effect to users resting on them. This has contributed air mattresses' wide popularity during hot weather or in places with warm climate. However, this benefit would become a disadvantage when the air mattresses are used during cold weather or in places with cold climate. Conventionally, an electric blanket could be used to keep the user on the air mattress, or a portion of the air mattress warm, but not the entire air mattress. Most of all, if it is damped, the electric blanket presents a potential hazard of electric shock to the user resting on the air mattress, especially when the user is a senior with urinary incontinence or a child with bedwetting habit. Accordingly, there is a need for an air mattress capable of raising the temperature of the air contained therewithin so that the air mattress could be applied under all weather conditions. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an air mattress assembly, which mainly contains an air mattress, a blanket member, and a mattress cover. The blanket member is laid flatly on top of the air mattress, which contains a heating wire, a cotton blanket, and an insulating cover. The heating wire is laid out on and embedded inside the cotton blanket which is in turn wrapped air-tightly inside the insulating cover. A plurality of snap-on devices are configured on a side and along the perimeter of the insulating cover. The mattress cover covers the blanket member and the air mattress, and has a same number of snap-on devices corresponding to those on the blanket member. These snap-on devices join to those on the blanket member so as to position and attach the blanket member to the mattress cover. The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts. Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example. The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. Please refer to On a side of the insulating cover 23, a number of snap-on devices 231 are configured along the perimeter, corresponding to a same number of snap-on devices 31 configured on the inside of the mattress cover 3. By attaching the corresponding snap-on devices 31 and 231 together, the blanket member 2 is positioned and adhered to the mattress cover 3. On the other hand, when the blanket member 2 has a smaller dimension than that of the mattress cover 3, the snap-on devices 31 could be configured on extension bands 32 of an appropriate length, elastic or non-elastic, extended from the binding between the top and the ruffle of the mattress cover 3 so that they could be attached to the corresponding snap-on devices 231, as shown in Please refer back to Please refer to It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above. While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. |