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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Paul A. Rickman, Belleville, IL (US);
Dennis L. Clapper, Swansea, IL (US);
Paul A. Rickman, Belleville, IL (US);
Dennis L. Clapper, Swansea, IL (US);
Roho, Inc., Belleville, IL (US);
Abstract
An attachment apparatus () for attachment to the air conduits () of a zoned air cell cushion A or mattress to an associated valve. The attachment apparatus comprises a connector assembly () with connectors () secured in the ends (N, N, N, N) of air conduits secured in a conduit constraint (). Each air conduit is in fluid communication with a separate inflation zone (r,s,t,u) of the cushion or mattress. The connectors are in fluid cooperation with a valve () that places normally isolated zones into fluid communication and vice versa. The connector assembly may function as a base for any one of a number of valves ().