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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig D. Ellis, Charleston, SC (US);
Kenith W. Chambers, Charleston, SC (US);
Scott McCormick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven D. DeRidder, Bartlett, TN (US);
W. Layne Carruth, Cordova, TN (US);
Stephen R. Schulte, Harrison, OH (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 2/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 2/710 ;
Abstract
A valve assembly for an air mattress having a common actuator on a manifold between opposed supply and exhaust valves moving the valves along actuating axes. The system includes a plurality of actuator/valve combinations for different portions of the air mattress. A pulsating valve is provided which includes a housing having therein supply and exhaust valves each directly controlled by supply and exhaust solenoids.