Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
  • A47D15/00—Accessories for children's furniture, e.g. safety belts or baby-bottle holders
  • A47D15/005—Restraining devices, e.g. safety belts, contoured cushions or side bumpers
  • A47D15/008—Restraining devices, e.g. safety belts, contoured cushions or side bumpers in beds, play-pens or cradles
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
  • A61G7/065—Rests specially adapted therefor
  • A61G7/07—Rests specially adapted therefor for the head or torso, e.g. special back-rests

Definitions

• Mattress covering and bedding article comprising a mattress housed therein
• the invention relates to a mattress covering, for example for a child and to a bedding article the mattress of which is housed in the covering.
• Document FR-A-2 651 418 relates to a transportable bed for a child comprising two blocks forming a mattress, a lower cover defining two compartments for receiving them and a sleeping bag associated by means of removable association with the peripheral edges of the lower cover.
• the back of the lower part of the sleeping bag is provided with a pocket for storing toiletries, changing, located at the foot of the sleeping bag and / or a pocket located at the head of that to form a pillow.
• WO 94/26 153 relates to a device for restricting the movement of a sleeping baby.
• This device provides a strip extended on a baby's bed and two wedges facing each other arranged on the top of the strip.
• This device is intended to lay the baby on its side, the baby being pressed against the wedges.
• the shims can be removably attached to the band to be able to adapt the distance between the shims to any given requirement.
• this device presents the danger of being able to be removed by the baby who then rolls on the belly, which increases the risks of sudden infant death and falling of a baby next to the bed.
• the invention aims to combat the drawbacks and dangers of the state of the art while providing the advantage of good adaptability to the morphology of the child, especially when he is very young.
• a first object of the invention is a mattress covering, for example for a child, comprising a lower cover and an upper bed, which delimit a mattress housing compartment and which are interconnected by removable association means such as that zipper.
• the upper bed has at least one pocket extending over a first zone on the back thereof.
• the pocket is accessible by dissociation of the means 0 of associations around the periphery of the first zone over which it extends.
• Each pocket is intended for housing a wedge or cushion for the transverse setting of the body of a person lying on the bed, in particular of his bust.
• the first zone, on which the pocket (s) is located, extends from the proximity of a transverse line of the coating to the proximity of the head thereof.
• the upper bed has two longitudinal pockets facing each other in the width direction and forming a cradle when the wedges are housed there. ⁇ > 5
• a support area for the head of the lying person is provided on the head of the front of the bed.
• the upper bed comprises at least one transverse pocket in the width direction, forming an elevation for the head and / or a wedging making it possible to avoid the longitudinal sliding of the body in the longitudinal direction.
• the pockets are such that the wedges are immobilized there in the position of use of the covering.
• the pockets are delimited by two walls, the first of which is integral with the front of the bed and the second of which is superimposed on the back of the first.
• the first wall comprises means for immobilizing wedges, such as a rough surface and the second wall comprises means facilitating the introduction of wedges into the pockets, in position for access to the pockets, such as a smooth surface.
• the second wall carries means for immobilizing wedges, such as a rough surface and the first wall comprises means facilitating the introduction of wedges into the pockets, in position for access to the pockets, such as a smooth surface .
• the means for immobilizing wedges comprise a compressible synthetic foam with a rough surface intended to be turned towards the wedges and such as polyether, and / or the means facilitating the introduction of the wedges comprise a nonwoven support.
• the immobilization means are capable of maintaining oblong wedges of non-circular cross section, for example ovoid or ellipsoidal, in different positions of rotation around their longitudinal axis and in different positions of transverse translation, in the position of use of the dressing.
• the pockets have an opening for the insertion and removal of the shim, which opening is accessible exclusively from the back of the bed, the means of association being such that they allow access to the opening in the dissociation position.
• the opening is delimited by an edge of the first and second walls.
• the opening is located near the transverse line, the transverse line and the association means surrounding the first and, where appropriate the second zone, the transverse line being free of association means, in whole or in part and the first zone being foldable along the transverse line over the rest of the front of the coating.
• the opening is located near the head or the longitudinal edges of the bed.
• the front of the bed has a top fabric covering a layer of polyester wadding.
• the first and second walls have fixing lines or groups of fixing lines, for example by sewing, between the two pockets which they delimit, for example by seams from the front to the back of the bed, which form the seat of the cradle .
• the first and second walls have reciprocal peripheral attachment lines defining the opening and / or the pockets.
• the covering comprises one or more wedges or cushions for the transverse setting, capable of being housed in a removable manner, in the pockets.
• the wedges or wedging cushions comprise an envelope, for example of a material facilitating the introduction into the pockets, such as non-woven, and padding, for example of foam, filling the envelope.
• the wedges or wedging cushions are generally oblong, of non-circular cross section, for example ovoid or ellispoidal, allowing different adjustment positions by rotation about their longitudinal axis and / or transverse translation in the pockets.
• the covering includes a cover fixed to the bed, for example by removable or other association means.
• a second object of the invention is a bedding item, comprising a mattress such as foam or springs, which is housed in the dressing compartment.
• the mattress is in two similar blocks, housed respectively in two compartments delimited by the lower cover and the upper bed, the lower cover having a folding edge in a position for transporting the article and for example handles and removable means for reciprocal association of the compartments with one another, which can be associated and dissociated in the folded state.
• Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a standing mattress covered with the covering.
• Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the upper part of the covering.
• Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of the mattress covered with the covering, laid flat in the position of use.
• Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cushion intended to be housed in the covering.
• Figure 5a is a schematic perspective view of the open cover, allowing the introduction and removal of the cushions.
• Figure 5b is a schematic view similar to that of Figure 5a, according to another embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 6 is a schematic perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the mattress covered with the covering, in a position, unfolded flat, for use by a person.
• Figure 7 is a schematic side view of the variant according to Figure 6, in the folded position for transport.
• the invention is described with reference to three longitudinal directions L, transverse T and elevation E, forming an orthonormal reference.
• the longitudinal direction L corresponds to the length of the mattress and is directed from head to toe thereof.
• the direction of elevation E corresponds to the thickness of the mattress between its lower and upper faces and is usually vertical when the mattress is extended horizontally.
• the transverse direction T corresponds to the direction of the width of the mattress, with reference to which the terms left and right are taken.
• transverse T and longitudinal L directions are horizontal, as shown in Figures 3 and 6, when the mattress is extended horizontally in the use position.
• the mattress designated by the reference 1 in Figure 5, is intended for the elongation of a person such as a child, so that she sleeps there.
• the invention also relates to mattresses intended for sleeping a toddler on it, for sleeping or for changing him.
• the mattress 1 is made of foam or spring and is in one piece, as in FIGS. 1 and 3 or in several blocks, for example with two blocks, as in FIGS. 6 and 7.
• the mattress 1 can be placed on a bed base, not shown.
• a removable covering 2 is provided on the mattress 1.
• the covering 2 comprises an upper bed 3 intended to cover the upper face 4 of the mattress 1 and a lower cover 5, which delimit a compartment for housing the mattress 1.
• the lower cover 5 has left and right lateral faces 6, 7 and transverse faces of the foot and head 8, 9, covering the corresponding faces of the mattress 1, as well as a lower face 10 opposite the bedding. upper 3 and covering the back of the mattress 1.
• the lower cover 5 does not have a lower face 10 but faces 6 to 9 connected in pairs between them in the region of the lower corners of the mattress 1.
• the lower cover 5 and the upper bed 3 are interconnected by means of removable association 11 which comprise, in the embodiments shown, a zipper 12.
• the association means 11 allow the introduction and removal of the mattress 1 from the covering 2, for example for changing or cleaning them.
• association means 11 are located on a part of the covering 2, comprising the head 13 thereof, the bed 3 and the cover 5 being secured to each other on a part 14 of the covering 2 close to his foot, for example by sewing.
• the upper bed 3 has one or more pockets 15.
• the pockets 15 extend between a transverse line 16 of the upper bed 3 and the head 13 thereof.
• the pockets 15 are intended to accommodate one or more wedges or cushions 18 for the transverse wedging of the body of the person lying on the bed 3.
• the pockets 15 are inaccessible when the association means 11 are associated and the mattress 1 is housed in the covering 2.
• the pockets 15 are provided in a first zone 19 on the back of the bed 3, which extends from the proximity of the transverse line 16 to the proximity of the head 13.
• the pockets 15 are accessible by dissociation of the means 11.
• a second area 20 for supporting the head of the lying person is provided on the head 13 of the bed 3 between the edge 17 of the head and the part 21 of the front of the bed 3 opposite the pockets 15.
• the bed 3 comprises two longitudinal pockets 15 which are face to face in the width direction and form a cradle when longitudinal wedges 18 are housed there.
• a seat 22 is provided on the front of the bed 3 between its parts 21 facing each other.
• the covering 2 is such that when the wedges 18 and the mattress 1 are housed and the association means 11 are associated, the parts 21 of the front of the bed 3 protrude upwards above the seat 22.
• the back 23 of the bed 3 has two walls 24, 25 the first 24 of which is integral with the front of the bed 3 and the second bottom 25 of which is superimposed on the back of the first wall 24 and is intended to be turned directly
• the pockets 15 are delimited by the first and second walls 24, 25.
• association means 11 are associated and the mattress 1 is housed in the covering 2.
• the pockets 15 include means 26 for immobilizing the shims 18 in the position in the latter in the position of use of the covering.
• the pockets 15 also include means 27 facilitating the introduction of the caies 18 into the pockets 15, in the position of access to the latter.
• the immobilization means 26 are provided on the first wall 24, the means 27 facilitating the introduction provided on the second wall 25.
• the immobilization means 26 are provided on the second wall 25 and the means 2 n facilitating the introduction are provided on the first wall 24.
• the immobilization means 26 comprise for example a rough surface and the means 27 facilitating the introduction comprise for example a smooth surface.
• the immobilization means 26 comprise a compressible synthetic foam such as polyether with a rough surface, intended to be turned towards the wedges 18.
• the means 27 facilitating the introduction comprise for example a non-woven support.
• the wedges or wedging cushions 18 are for example of generally oblong shape and have a non-circular cross section, for example ovoid or ellipsoidal.
• wedges 18 comprise for example an outer casing 28 facilitating the introduction into the pockets 15 and for example of nonwoven.
• the shims 18 make it possible to obtain different desired positions of the projecting parts 21, for adaptation to the morphology of the person lying down.
• the immobilization means 26 are able to maintain the wedges 18 in these different positions of rotation and / or translation, for example by tensioning the first pocket area 19 in the position of use of the covering 2.
• the pockets 15 have at least one opening 30 for inserting and removing shims 18, accessible exclusively from the back 23 of the bed 3. These openings 30 make it possible at the same time to adjust the height and width of the wedges 18 in the pockets 15 by hand.
• the opening 30 is delimited by the edges of the first and second walls 24, 25.
• the association means 11 are such that they allow access to the opening 30 when they are dissociated.
• the openings 30 are located near the transverse line 16, in the first pocket area 19.
• the first pocket zone 19 and the second head support zone 20 are surrounded by the transverse line 16 and by the association means 11.
• transverse line 16 is free of association means 11.
• the association means 11 extend over the peripheral edges of the head 13 and of the first pocket zone 19 of the covering 2, namely on its left longitudinal edge 31, 25 on the transverse edge 17 of the head and on the right longitudinal edge 32 thereof, starting from the transverse line 16.
• the user dissociates the association means 11 and folds the head 13 and the first pocket zone 19 of the covering 2 onto the foot part 14 of that -this, along the transverse line 16.
• the opening 30 is located near the head edge 17 or the longitudinal edges 31, 32 or near the seat 22.
• the first and second walls 24, 25 are fixed, for example by sewing at determined locations.
• the walls 24, 25 comprise: a first peripheral line 33 for fixing, for example in a zigzag, along the edges 32, 31 and 17 to the transverse line 16; a second fixing line 34, which is closed on itself, has an oval or ellipsoidal shape, and which delimits the second support zone; a third attachment line 35 located near or on the transverse line 16 between the pockets 15; fourth and fifth fixing lines or points 36, 37, left and right, which are located near or on
• the fixing lines 33 to 37 are produced, for example, through through seam from front to back.
• the sixth group of fixing lines 38 comprises for example intersecting checkerboard lines, at an angle, surrounded by a rectangular peripheral line 39 with sides parallel to the transverse T and longitudinal L directions.
• This group of lines 38 makes it possible to strengthen the seat 22.
• the upper bed 3 comprises, from front to back: an upper layer 40 of fabric; - a layer 41 of polyester wadding for sleeping comfort; a layer 42 of polyether foam, serving as immobilizing means 26 of the wedges 18; a non-woven or other support 43, forming the second bottom wall 25 of the pockets 15.
• the upper bed 3 can be of different constitution.
• the first layer 40 is made of polyvinyl chloride and / or the layers 41 and 42 form a single layer, for example of polyether foam.
• Line 16 from the proximity of which the pockets 15 extend, can also be provided at an angle, in embodiments not shown.
• Line 16 is provided between the head 13 of the bed 3 and the foot thereof.
• the line 16 is located near the transverse median of the bed 3, for example in the half foot thereof.
• additional transverse pockets 15 ' are provided to support the head and prevent the longitudinal sliding of the body in the direction L.
• the pocket 15 ′ intended for raising the head, is located at the level of the head 13.
• the pocket 15 ' intended to prevent the longitudinal sliding of the body in the direction L, is located between the longitudinal pockets 15 and the transverse line 16.
• the transverse line 16 is located between the transverse median of the bed 3 and the foot of the latter.
• the pockets 15 ' also include means 26 for immobilizing the wedges 18 in position as well as means 27 facilitating the introduction of the wedges.
• the pockets 15 ' have at least one opening 30' for inserting and removing shims 18.
• the openings 30 ' are located near the longitudinal edge 32.
• the openings 30 ' are located near the longitudinal edge 31, the edge 17, the transverse line 16 or near the seat 22.
• peripheral fixing line 33 of the walls 24 and 25 is then interrupted at the level of the openings 30 'of the pockets 15'.
• the bed 3 can be provided with a cover if necessary for the lying person.
• This cover delimits with the bed 3 a passage, facing the head of the bed 3, for the person lying on it.
• the cover is fixed to the bed 3 by any suitable means, for example by sewing and / or by removable association means such as a zipper, provided on all or part of the peripheral edges of the bed.
• the mattress 1 comprises two similar parallelepipedal blocks.
• the lower cover 3 of the covering 2 defines two compartments 44, 45 with the dimensions of the mattress blocks that they are intended to receive respectively.
• Each compartment 44, 45 consists of a lower face 46, 47 rectangular or square and of two opposite longitudinal side walls left and right 48, 49 and 50, 51, and two transverse walls, from head to toe, 52, 53 and 54, 55, connected respectively to the peripheral edges of the lower faces 46, 47.
• the two compartments 44, 45 are arranged horizontally in extension of one another and thus have, in the unfolded state of use, two transverse walls 53, 54 facing one another.
• the compartments 44, 45 are interconnected by an upper edge 56 transverse common to the walls 53, 54, which common edge 56 extends, as well as the walls 53, 54, in the middle position of the mattress 1 thus formed.
• An upper bed 3 is associated by the removable association means 11 with the upper free peripheral edges of the lower cover 5, over their entire length, so that the bed 3 covers the mattress blocks by closing the compartments 44, 45 in which they are inserted.
• a cover 57 similar to that described above is also provided on the bed 3, with a zipper 58 connecting it to a longitudinal edge, for example left.
• the bed 3 is as described above and comprises in particular the pockets 15 and / or 15 ′ of wedge housing 18.
• the assembly thus formed is capable of being folded back by pivoting around the common edge 56 forming a hinge for its transport, as indicated by the curved arrows in FIG. 7.
• transverse walls of head and foot 52, 55 of the lower cover 5 have handles 59, 60 for transport, face to face.
• the wedges 18 are transported inside the pockets 15, and / or 15 ′, the material of the mattress 1 and / or of the padding of the wedges 18 can be compressed in the folded state.
• the wedges 18 are transported outside the assembly, for example separately.

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