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Title: |
US4190916:
Bassinet
[ Derwent Title ]

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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
McMullan, James P.; El Monte, CA 91753

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1980-03-04
/ 1978-10-25

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Application Number: |
US1978000954405

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47C 27/08;
A47D 7/00;
IPC-7:
A47C 27/08;

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ECLA Code: |
A47C27/08B; A47C21/04H; A47C27/08H; A47D9/00; A47D15/00B; A47D15/00F4;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
005/671;
005/401;
005/422;
005/678;
005/679;
Original:
005/451;
005/422;
005/401;

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Field of Search: |
005/365,366,367,370,371

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Priority Number: |

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Abstract: |
A water bed structure comprising a flat horizontal mattress including a bladder having vertically spaced horizontal top and bottom walls and vertical side walls of flexible water impervious sheeting and a volume of water within and filling the bladder, a flat horizontal pad of resilient reticulate material within the mattress and the water therein and positioned on the bottom wall and having a top surface normally spaced below the top wall, a retainer unit comprising a flat horizontal panel below and in supporting engagement with said bottom wall and a tubular frame about the panel with a portion projecting upwardly therefrom and cooperating therewith to define a basin in which the mattress is positioned; said frame has a vertical inside wall opposing and supporting the side walls of the mattress, said inside wall having openings communicating with the basin and the interior of the frame whereby water leaked or spilled from the mattress into the basin flows from the basin into the frame.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Maxwell, Georges A. ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Nunberg, Casmir A.;

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INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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First Claim:
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Having described our invention, we claim:
1. A water bed structure comprising a flat horizontal mattress including a bladder having vertically spaced horizontal top and bottom walls and vertical side walls of flexible water impervious sheeting and a volume of water within and filling the bladder, a flat horizontal pad of resilient reticulate material within the mattress and the water therein and positioned on the bottom wall and having a top surface normally spaced below the top wall, a retainer unit comprising a flat horizontal panel below and in supporting engagement with said bottom wall and a tubular frame about the panel with a portion projecting upwardly therefrom and cooperating therewith to define a basin in which the mattress is positioned; said frame has a vertical inside wall opposing and supporting the side walls of the mattress, said inside wall having openings communicating with the basin and the interior of the frame whereby water leaked or spilled from the mattress into the basin flows from the basin into the frame.

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