Abstract: A set of round support weights connected by a hollow horizontal bottom support having perforations so that the bottom support can fill with water and not be buoyant can be connected to a crib by vertical supports engaging corner vertical rails of the crib, the crib consisting of an upper rail, a bottom rail and vertical rails connecting the upper and bottom rails with a floor clamped to a bottom of the bottom rail. A set screw can secure the corner vertical rails to the upright supports and adjustable coping locks attached to diagonally opposite corners of the upper rails of the crib can secure the upper rails of the crib to a coping of a pool, so children of different ages may be able to use a pool while their parents are free to use the pool at the same time.

Abstract: A portable file comprising three file containers hinged together such that they may be either disposed in a compact side-by-side relationship for carrying or substantially separated for receiving documents into various file compartments.

Abstract: A rescue and transportation device constructed of flexible cloth-like material and including a bottom portion for receiving a victim, the bottom portion having a head end and a foot end with longitudinally extending first and second side flaps, the foot end and side flaps being configured for substantially surrounding the body. The foot end includes reinforcing members and the head end includes a head restraining device. Reinforcing webbing encircles the body lengthwise with spaced lateral webbing providing support adjacent the jointed portions of the body, the webbing when fastened, in conjunction with the head restraining device and foot supporting end, substantially immobilizing the body to create body rigidity utilizing the body's own weight and physical characteristics for transporting the victim.

Abstract: A sound transmitting system has a large speaker mounted in a chamber formed in an article of furniture under the thorax area of a person resting on the article of furniture. A pair of arcuate members are mounted on the article of furniture at the person's head and have four distinct loudspeaker chambers enclosed therein for directing multichannel or single channel sound into the ears of the person. Each semicircular arcuate portion has a pair of speakers separated by an internal bulkhead mounted in the chambers thereof.

Abstract: A knockdown spring unit for seating furniture has lift springs connectible to a rail of a frame of the furniture and releasably attachable to a suitable platform arrangement forming a seating surface. The platform arrangement can either be fastened directly to the frame at points opposite connection of the lift springs to the frame, or the platform arrangement can be supported entirely by the lift springs for indirect attachment to the frame. Each of the lift springs has a coil portion which terminates at a one end thereof in an eye and at the other end thereof in a stem disposed extending transversely from the turns of the coil portion and forming a hook provided with a substantially V-shaped bend the vertex of which is normally disposed adjacent the eye of the spring when the spring is in an undeflected state.

Abstract: A convertible sofa bed and cover particularly adapted for use in recreational vehicles. The bed includes a frame, a seat portion including a seat cushion, a back portion including a back cushion and adapted to be moved between a horizontal bed position and an upright sofa position, and a pivot apparatus for pivoting the back portion between the bed position, in which the seat and back cushions abut, and the sofa position, in which the lower terminus of the back cushion is located above and forwardly of the rearward terminus of the seat cushion. The bed includes a flexible cover attached to the upper or support surfaces of the seat and back cushions to cover the juncture or crevice between them in their bed position. The cover is attached to the seat cushion forwardly of the juncture and extends rearwardly to form a flap which covers the lower face of the back cushion when the back cushion is in its sofa position.

Abstract: A mattress assembly for accommodating a bedpan is described to enable a patient to dispose of his human wastes without leaving his bed. A cavity is formed in the mattress for receiving a slidable insert. The insert is held in the cavity by permanent magnets. The sides of the insert are contoured to form curved ridges that slide in corresponding grooves formed in the walls of the cavity.

Abstract: A furniture assembly, such as a metal box spring assembly, including slats defining support members for a plurality of coil springs. An aperture is formed in the metal support slat with an upset portion disposed about the periphery of the aperture and out of the plane of the support member and the tail of the coiled spring is inserted into the aperture and thereafter the upset portion is flattened toward the plane of the support member to force the periphery of the aperture into gripping engagement with the tail of the coil spring to retain the coil spring to the support member. The upset portion has a groove therein for receiving a radially extending support portion of the coil spring for receiving and positioning the radially extending support portion of the coil spring thereby positioning the entire spring.

Abstract: A flotation support system is disclosed, which includes a generally rectangular air frame, defined by a tubular air-filled member, which member surrounds an open region. A base sheet extends beneath the open region to define with the air-filled member a nesting receptacle for a fluid-containing envelope. Means are provided for spacing the envelope above the underlying base sheet, so that the space between the envelope and base sheet may define an accumulation space for fluid leaking from the envelope. Such spacing means may comprise a platform positioned in the nesting receptacle with an upper surface thereof underlying and supporting the envelope in spaced relationship from the base sheet. The platform may include passages to enable fluid flow to the accumulation space defined between the platform surface and base sheet, whereby leakage from the envelope may flow to the said space to prevent undesired collection of leaked fluid about the edges or above the envelope.

Abstract: A resilient restraining member for use with a cabinet having a drawer. The cabinet includes a rail integral with the drawer, a run secured to the cabinet and transport means secured to the drawer. The resilient restraining member has a first spring portion at one end adapted to be attached to the run and a second spring portion at the other end adapted to normally extend into the run. The transport means is disposed to travel along the run and to urge the second spring portion out of its path of travel as the drawer is moved toward a closed position. The second spring portion thereafter returns to its normal position extending into the run to cooperate with the transport means to releasably retain the drawer in the closed position. The transport means again is disposed to travel along the run and to urge the second spring portion out of its path of travel as the drawer is later moved toward an open position.

Abstract: Each mattress comprises a plurality of valved cells or cylinders held by a cover in side by side relation. Each cell is made from flexible, essentially inelastic material, and comprises upper and lower cylindrical sections of equal diameter interconnected by one or more corrugated cylindrical sections of smaller diameter. Each lower cylindrical section has an orifice which connects the interior of the cell with an air plenum that extends along the entire underside of the mattress, and which registers with a valve that projects from the inner surface of the plenum opposite the cell orifice. Each orifice may be supported by a small, collapsible section of the cell in a normally open position, so that when a load is applied to the top of the cell it automatically closes the orifice against the registering valve; or, alternatively, the valve may be insertable manually into the orifice to seal it until once again manually removed.

Abstract: An electromechanical adjusting device for pivotable head and/or foot parts of a bed frame with a pivot in the form of a rod movable with the pivotable part and extending transversely of the bed frame comprises a reversible rotary electric motor whose rotor shaft extends at right angles to the rod and drives a worm and worm gear and a pinion for driving the rod and itself driven by the worm and worm gear through spring clutch means, the adjusting device being supported by the rod.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved infant WATERBEDS ENVIRONMENTS designed to simulate the intrauterine environment. This is achieved by the use of a specially designed water filled bladder pulsated by means of a pump which generates rushing water, or by a mechanical device which imparts impulses to said bladder. Audible and tactile sensations created by the pulsating devices and the rushing movement of water coact to recreate aspects of the prenatal infant environment. Novel safety features incorporated into the waterbed include a bladder designed to drain from the top, a permeable supporting structure, and a curved base to allow immediate dissipation of water in the event of a leak.

Abstract: A furniture assembly fixture having a first fixture section comprising a casing adapted to be embedded in a first furniture part, a second fixture section adapted to be fastened to a second furniture part, the casing having a flange with a lug or lugs, the flange also carrying an adjusting plate for a furniture hinge.

Abstract: An endless belt is mounted on, and extends between, a pair of elongated rollers rotatably mounted in a housing in spaced parallel relation parallel to, and in proximity with, the top and bottom of the housing. A plurality of shelf members are affixed to the belt and extend perpendicularly from the belt in spaced parallel relation for releasably storing files between next-adjacent shelf members. A motor coupled to one of the rollers rotates the rollers and the belt to move the shelf members cyclically from top to bottom to top inside the housing. An opening is formed in the front of the housing and covered by a selectively openable door to provide access to the shelf members for inserting and removing files.

Abstract: A box spring assembly is disclosed in which a plurality of main wire springs and intermediate wire springs are mounted on a generally rectangular frame. Each wire spring has a generally straight body portion and relatively short depending end portions, each of which is formed to a generally fish-mouth configuration. The end portions are secured to the frame and provide a substantial resistance to downwardly directed loads.

Abstract: A mattress box spring comprising a plurality of substantially conical coil springs rigidly fastened at the spring ends of lesser diameter to a support frame such that the spring end coils of greater diameter lie in a substantially common plane, a wire mesh overlying the end coils in the common plane with the spring end coils being unattached or free-floating with respect to the mesh and with respect to each other, and a cloth cover or pad disposed over the mesh and having a periphery attached to the frame to hold the assembly together. Preferably, the diameter of each spring end coil lying in the common plane is greater than the corresponding spring height.

Abstract: An improved mattress construction with a ticking having at least one transverse row of protuberances in the form of a plurality of ridges integral with the ticking across the width of the mattress. Each row is positioned away from the foot of the mattress for a sufficient distance along the length of the mattress to permit engagement of the toes of the user within the spaces between the protuberances.

Abstract: In a domestic two door side by side refrigerator, means for adjusting the curvature of the mullion cover so as to provide thereon a good sealing surface of the doors. The means comprises a spring which biases the mullion cover in a first direction, and a screw element acting upon the mullion cover in opposition to the spring bias.

Abstract: A child separating and support device for a seat of a vehicle includes a first side support member, a second side support member and a shelf member. The first and second side support members are joined to each other along a common top edge and diverging from this common edge making an inverted V-shape when in a supporting orientation. The shelf member is joined to and extends between the first and second side support members in a generally horizontal manner creating an A-frame type of structure.