초록 ▼

An add-on segment to an air filled cushion having inflatable flexible air cells in which the add-on segment has corresponding air cells and is physically and pneumatically connected to those air cells of the base cushion adjacent to the add-on segment air cushions. The base cushion is expandable to

An add-on segment to an air filled cushion having inflatable flexible air cells in which the add-on segment has corresponding air cells and is physically and pneumatically connected to those air cells of the base cushion adjacent to the add-on segment air cushions. The base cushion is expandable to allow for growth of the patient using the cushion and is especially adapted for pediatric use.

대표청구항 ▼

In a base cushion which comprises a base section and a top section bonded thereto, the top section having an array of upstanding inflatable flexible air cells, some of which are interconnected so that those interconnected air cells are at the same air pressure, and an independent fill nozzle for sai

In a base cushion which comprises a base section and a top section bonded thereto, the top section having an array of upstanding inflatable flexible air cells, some of which are interconnected so that those interconnected air cells are at the same air pressure, and an independent fill nozzle for said air cells, the improvement comprising an add-on segment comprising a base section and a top section bonded thereto, the top section having upstanding flexible inflatable air cells, means for physically attaching the add-on segment to the base cushion along one or more peripheral edges, a conduit on the exterior of the base cushion pneumatically connected to the array of air cells, a second conduit on the exterior of the add-on segment and alignable with the base cushion conduit, and a connector positioned between and pneumatically connected to the said conduits on the exteriors of the air cells to pneumatically connect the base cushion air cell array to the add-on air cells.