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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Roland E. Flick, Elma, NY (US);
Scott Endress, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Edward Mazzu, Hamburg, NY (US);
Roland E. Flick, Elma, NY (US);
Scott Endress, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Edward Mazzu, Hamburg, NY (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A cushioning device has a first material and an opposing second material that are sealed together at the peripheral edges to form a first (right) side, a first (head) end, a second (left) side, and a second (foot) end. Positioned between the first material and the second material is a middle material. The middle material has a top side, a bottom side, a first gap between the first side and the middle material and a second gap between the second side and the middle material. In addition, the first material is sealed to the middle material's top side at a first set of locations to form a first set of interior welds. The second surface is sealed to the middle material's bottom surface at a second set of locations to form a second set of interior welds. The first set of interior welds on the middle material's top surface and the second set of interior welds on the middle material's bottom surface are not superimposed on each other or overlap each other.