Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for supporting a user's body
- Patent Title (中): 用于支持用户身体的设备
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Application No.: US12448027Application Date: 2007-12-07
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Publication No.: US08572783B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Timothy E. Moutafis
- Applicant: Timothy E. Moutafis
- Applicant Address: US MA Beverly
- Assignee: TheraTorr Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TheraTorr Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Beverly
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2007/025132 WO 20071207
- International Announcement: WO2008/073326 WO 20080619
- Main IPC: B68G5/00
- IPC: B68G5/00 ; A47C16/00

Abstract:
The invention provides a variety of devices for supporting at least a portion of a user's body. In some embodiments, the invention provides a support device which includes a bladder capable of containing a fluid and a post adjacent the bladder. The bladder may form a rolling diaphragm portion with the post such that when a force is applied to the bladder, the rolling diaphragm portion of the bladder rolls along the post decreasing the volume of the bladder. In some embodiments, the invention provides a post which includes a reduced cross-sectional area in comparison to an adjacent region of the post such that the resistance of the rolling diaphragm portion of the bladder to rolling movement along the post due to the applies force decreases as the bladder rolls along the reduced cross-sectional area region. In some embodiments, the support device includes a plurality of bladders and/or a plurality of posts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100139003A1 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A USER'S BODY Public/Granted day:2010-06-10
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