|Número de publicación||US6857152 B1|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 10/890,166|
|Fecha de publicación||22 Feb 2005|
|Fecha de presentación||14 Jul 2004|
|Fecha de prioridad||14 Jul 2004|
|Número de publicación||10890166, 890166, US 6857152 B1, US 6857152B1, US-B1-6857152, US6857152 B1, US6857152B1|
|Inventores||Andy S. Chow|
|Cesionario original||Andy S. Chow|
|Exportar cita||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citas de patentes (41), Citada por (10), Clasificaciones (9), Eventos legales (3)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
(a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a water bed structure, and more particularly, to a water bed structure, which is capable of lowering costs of replacement materials when replaceable materials thereof are worn, beatifying appearance of the overall water bed structure, completely eliminating a drawback of water leakage, and lengthening lifespan as well as easily controlling elasticity for softness and hardness, thereby optimizing practicability thereof.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
According to the aforesaid structure, the prior water bed has advantages of being less prone to wavering, having satisfactory stability, being capable of adjusting hardness and softness as desired as well as eliminating water leakage. However, the prior water bed yet has the following drawbacks:
Therefore, in view of the aforesaid drawbacks of the prior invention, it is essential to provide a novel and more practical water bed structure, which overcomes the aforesaid drawbacks and can be more extensively applied to conform to industrial requirements.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a water bed structure having a concave bed body, air protection borders and a bed housing as separate parts thereof. When wear occurs after long-term usage, any of the aforesaid three parts can be individually replaced instead having to replace an integral structure made of the three aforesaid parts, thereby reducing material costs for elevating practicability of the water bed.
The secondary object of the invention is to provide a water bed structure having a bed housing in an inverted U-shape design. Using the inverted U-shape design, openings of the concave bed body and air inlet plugs of the air protection borders are concealed to beautify an overall appearance of the water bed, preventing the air protection borders from dilating, and lengthening usage lifespan of the water bed as well as completely eliminating a drawback of water leakage.
The other object of the invention is to provide a water bed structure having adhesive tapes or zippers at a periphery of the concave body or the bed housing thereof. Using the adhesive tapes or zippers, various sanitary and health mattresses can be additionally installed to optimize effects and economical values of the water bed.
To accomplish the aforesaid objects, a water bed structure according to the invention comprises water containing bodies, a concave bed body, air protection borders and a bed housing. The concave bed body has each of four sides thereof provided with at least two openings for installing four unfilled air protection borders through the openings. At appropriate positions, the four air protection borders are also provided with air inlet plugs that are exactly located at the openings at the four sides of the four air protection borders. The four air protection border form a large accommodating space when assembled. The accommodating space has a middle part thereof disposed with a longitudinal central air bag or a long sponge, such that two water containing body accommodating chambers are formed. Within each of two outer layers is a plurality of parallel transverse pull strip spacers that are loop-like and hollow structures. At appropriate positions, two ends of the longitudinal central air bag or the long sponge are provided with adhesive tapes attached to head and foot ends of the accommodating chambers. The bed housing is devised in an inverted U-shape. The assembled air protection borders and the concave bed of the water containing beds are placed into the bed housing in an upward direction, such that the openings of the concave bed body and the air inlet plugs of the air protection borders are concealed, thereby beautifying an overall appearance of the water bed, preventing the air protection borders from dilating, and lengthening usage lifespan of the water bed as well as completely eliminating a drawback of water leakage.
To better understand effects, structures and characteristics of the invention, detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments shall be given with the accompanying drawings below.
The concave bed body 5 has each side thereof provided with at least two openings 52 for installing four unfilled air protection borders 6 through the openings 52, thereby forming a large accommodating space 51. The accommodating space 51 has a middle part thereof disposed with a longitudinal central air bag or a long sponge 8, such that two water containing body accommodating chambers 53 are formed for placing the two water containing bodies 4. At appropriate positions, two ends of the central air bag or the long sponge are provided with adhesive tapes attached at head and foot ends of the accommodating chambers, so as to further install the water containing beds 4. Each of the four air protection borders 6 are also provided with an air inlet plug 61 for injecting air, with the air inlet plugs exactly 61 situated at the openings 52 at four sides of the concave bed body 5. The bed housing 7 is devised in an inverted U-shape. The assembled air protection borders 6 and the concave bed 5 of the water containing beds 4 are placed into the bed housing 7 in an upward direction. At this point, an upper edge of the bed housing 7 is tightly pressed against edges of the concave bed body 5, such that the openings 52 of the concave bed body 5 and the air inlet plugs 61 of the air protection borders 6 are concealed, thereby beautifying an overall appearance of the water bed as well as completely eliminating water leakage for lengthening lifespan of the water bed, and facilitating controlling elasticity for hardness and softness of the water bed. Furthermore, through a design of keeping the openings 52 of the concave bed body 5 and the air inlet plugs 61 of the air protection borders 6 exposed, periodical air refilling into the air protection borders 6 is made convenient in order to maintain normal hardness and softness, and an original shape of the water bed.
According to the aforesaid descriptions, the two water containing bodies 4 according to the invention are provided with water inlet plugs 42 at outer layers 41 thereof, so as to allow injection of water. Within each outer layer 41 is a plurality of parallel transverse pull strip spacers 43 that are loop-like and hollow structures. A water opening 44 is disposed at an appropriate position of each transverse pull strip spacer 43 and is for allowing circulation of injected water. Upper and lower edges of the transverse pull strip spacers 43 are molded with inner walls of the outer layers 41 of the water containing bodies 4 using heat. Each water containing body 4 is further provided with a transverse and sealed rectangular air bag 46 parallel to the transverse pull strip spacers 43 at a head end thereof. At appropriate positions, the air bag 46 is molded with a plurality of long air tubes 47, which are penetrated through all the plurality of transverse pull strip spacers 43 and stopped at an exterior of the transverse pull strip spacer 43 at the foot end of the water containing body 4. Each the sealed air bag 46 has an air inlet plug 461 at an appropriate position thereof for injecting air that is further forwarded to the plurality of long air tubes 47, thereby effectively adjusting hardness and softness of the water containing bodies 4 as shown in FIG. 3.
In another design according to the invention, a periphery of the concave bed body 5 or the bed housing 7 is devised with adhesive tapes or zippers 9 for additionally installing various sanitary mattresses such as cold or hot compress mattresses, or other sanitary or health products such as lining mattresses of different thicknesses and hardness as shown in FIG. 5.
Conclusive from the above, the water bed structure according to the invention accomplishes targeted objects and effects using most simple structures, and offers enhanced practicability and economical values compared to prior inventions.
It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
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|Clasificación de EE.UU.||5/681, 5/685, 5/678|
|Clasificación internacional||A47C27/10, A47C27/08|
|Clasificación cooperativa||A47C27/081, A47C27/085|
|Clasificación europea||A47C27/08A, A47C27/08B|
|1 Sep 2008||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|22 Feb 2009||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|14 Abr 2009||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
Effective date: 20090222