Claims
- 1. An inflatable mattress, comprising:
- a bottom element substantially rectangular in shape and forming a plate-shaped and bendable piece;
- a plurality of first elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements capable of being inflated with a fluid, and being secured side by side to the bottom element of the mattress and transversally to a lengthwise direction of the mattress so that the first mattress elements form loop-shaped members when inflated with a fluid, the loop-shaped members resembling an overturned U-shape in cross-section and extending outwards from the bottom element, the first mattress elements being secured to the bottom element of the mattress by interlockable fastening members, receivable in flaps provided on longitudinal sides of the first mattress elements, so that each first mattress element is capable of being detached from the bottom element and replaced;
- a plurality of second elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements capable of being inflated with gas or other fluid medium or being made of a solid, resilient material or being inflated with the solid, resilient material; the first mattress elements being arranged to encompass, at least partly, each second mattress element; and
- wherein the fastening members are formed of matching male and female members, the longitudinal sides of each first mattress element and the bottom element of the mattress are provided with securing openings at a distance from each other at which the fastening members are locked to each other when the longitudinal side of each first mattress element and the bottom element have been placed between the fastening members, and the flaps on the longitudinal sides of adjacent first mattress elements are overlappable so that the adjacent first mattress elements are fastenable by a single fastening element.
- 2. A mattress as claimed in claim 1, wherein the male fastening member is formed of an elongated thin piece provided with at least one bracket, and the female fastening member is formed of an elongated couterpart provided with openings, the at least one bracket being locked to these openings.
- 3. A mattress as claimed in claim 2, wherein the male and the female fastening members are essentially shorter than the first mattress elements, whereby at least two of the fastening members are provided to secure one first mattress element to the bottom element of the mattress.
- 4. A mattress as claimed in claim 2, wherein the male and the female fastening members are substantially as long as the first mattress element, whereby one male and one female fastening member secures the first mattress element to the bottom of the mattress.
- 5. A mattress as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening members are formed of opposite parts of a press button.
- 6. An inflatable mattress, particularly an air mattress, comprising:
- a bottom element substantially rectangular in shape, and forming a plate-shaped and bendable piece;
- a number of first elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements, capable of being inflated with a fluid and being secured side by side to the bottom element of the mattress transversally to a lengthwise direction of the mattress, and forming, when inflated with a fluid, loop-shaped members resembling an overturned U-shape in cross-section, and extending outwards from the bottom element, the first mattress elements provided with outwardly extending flaps on longitudinal sides, the flaps being detachably secured to the bottom element of the mattress by interlockable fastening members so that each first mattress element may be detached from the bottom element and replaced, flaps of adjacent first elements being overlappable
- a number of second elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements capable of being inflated with gas or other fluid medium, or being made of a solid, resilient material, or being inflated with the solid, resilient material; the first mattress elements being arranged to encompass, at least partly, each second mattress element; and
- wherein the fastening members are formed of matching male and female members, and the male fastening member is formed of an elongated thin piece provided with at least one bracket, and the female fastening member is formed of an elongated counterpart provided with openings, the at least one bracket being locked to these openings.
- 7. A mattress as claimed in claim 6, wherein the male and the female fastening members are essentially shorter than the first mattress elements, whereby at least two of the fastening members are provided to secure one first mattress element to the bottom element of the mattress.
- 8. A mattress as claimed in claim 7, wherein the male and the female fastening members are substantially as long as the first mattress element, whereby one male and one female fastening member secures the first mattress element to the bottom element of the mattress.
- 9. A mattress as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one of the fastening members is an integrated part of the bottom element of the mattress.
- 10. An inflatable mattress, comprising:
- a bottom element being substantially rectangular in shape, and forming a plate-shaped and bendable piece; and
- a number of elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements, capable of being inflated with a fluid, and being secured to the bottom element of the mattress side by side and transversally to a lengthwise direction of the mattress to form, when inflated with a fluid, loop-shaped members, resembling an overturned U-shape in cross-section, and extending outwards from the bottom element, the mattress elements being secured to the bottom element of the mattress by interlockable male and female fastening members so that each mattress element may be detached from the bottom element and replaced, whereby flaps, provided on longitudinal sides of each mattress element, and the bottom element have been provided with securing openings spaced-apart at which the fastening members are locked to each other after the flaps and the bottom element of the mattress have been placed between the fastening members, and whereby the male fastening member is formed of an elongated thin piece provided with at least one bracket, and the female fastening member is formed of an elongated counterpart provided with openings into which openings the bracket is locked.
- 11. The mattress as claimed in claim 10, wherein there are at least two mattress elements provided one inside the other.
- 12. An inflatable mattress, comprising:
- a bottom element substantially rectangular in shape, and forming a plate-shaped, bendable piece;
- a number of first elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements capable of being inflated with a fluid, and being secured to the bottom element of the mattress side by side and transversally to a lengthwise direction of the mattress to form, when inflated with a fluid, loop-shaped members resembling an overturned U-shape in cross-section, and extending outwards from the bottom element, outwardly extending flaps along longitudinal sides of the first mattress elements being fastened to the bottom element of the mattress by interlockable male and female fastening members so that each first mattress element may be detached from the bottom element and replaced, whereby the flaps of each first mattress element and the bottom element have been provided with securing openings spaced-apart at which the separate fastening members are locked to each other after the flaps of the first mattress element and the bottom element of the mattress have been placed between the fastening members, and whereby the male fastening member is formed on an elongated thin piece provided with one or several brackets, and the female fastening member is formed of an elongated counterpart provided with openings into which openings the brackets are locked; and
- a number of second elongated, bag-shaped mattress elements capable of being inflated with gas or other fluid medium, or being made of a solid, resilient material, or being inflated with the solid, resilient material; the first mattress element being arranged to encompass, at least partly, each second mattress element.
- 13. The mattress as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first mattress element encompasses at least two second mattress elements.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/009,648 filed on Jan. 27, 1993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,348, which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 07/625,940, filed on Dec. 11, 1990, abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 07/209,978, filed on Jun. 22, 1988, U.S. Pat. No. 4,999,867.
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