Patents Assigned to Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Waterbed mattress with unattached baffle structure
    Patent number: 4399575
    Abstract: A waterbed mattress has a baffle structure comprising a horizontally extending buoyant pad. The pad is anchored to an underlying anchor sheet that is not secured to the walls of the mattress. A porous mass of bound together fibers is positioned between the anchor sheet and the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Air bleeder valve for waterbed mattresses
    Patent number: 4392872
    Abstract: An air bleeder valve for a waterbed mattress comprises a hollow tubular body sized to fit snugly into the fill spout of a waterbed mattress, a flap valve at one end of the body, and a porous, non-water absorbing water barrier in the tubular body for preventing water from splashing out of the mattress when bleeding air from the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Hall, John B. Johenning
  • Coupling for waterbed mattress valves
    Patent number: 4386638
    Abstract: A coupling for filling and draining a waterbed comprises a tube for insertion into the male-threaded filler neck of a waterbed valve, and two female-threaded nuts rotatably mounted on the tube for connection to a garden hose and the male-threaded fill neck of the waterbed. There is a plurality of fill and drain openings through the wall of the portion of the tube inserted into the fill neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Hall, John B. Johenning
  • Waterbed mattress with a baffle
    Patent number: 4345348
    Abstract: A waterbed mattress has an internal horizontally extending baffle surface for reducing wave-like motion of the water in the mattress. The baffle surface is anchored within the mattress, and preferably between the top and bottom walls of the mattress. Preferably, the baffle surface is fabricated of a buoyant material and is anchored to the bottom wall of the mattress with no connection between the baffle surface and the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Waveless waterbed mattress
    Patent number: 4247962
    Abstract: Waterbed mattress having an internal floating pad for reducing wavelike motion of the water in the mattress. The pad is fabricated of a buoyant material and is anchored to the bottom wall of the mattress, with no connection between the pad and the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Monterey Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall