True pure prone positioning mattress for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

20250072627

18/445454

August 28, 2023

This patent is for a Pure Prone Positioning (PPP) mattress (001) allowing for one or more people to sleep on a bed in the prone position with their face straight into the mattress plane. Structurally the mattress fits within a standard bed footprint and midpoint where the head is normally positioned on the mattress, a cavity of substantial size is designed for placement of a face rest proning assembly to be positioned there. The face rest proning assembly allows for longitudinal and lateral adjustments of the head and neck, and the padded face rest is adjustable to each face width. The face rest proning assembly allows for easy breathing of oxygen and exhalation of carbon dioxide. Since breathing is normal a person can be medicated while sleeping on the PPP mattress.

1) A mattress sleeping surface combined with a proning face rest assembly for a single human comprising: A planar pad wherein the planar pad comprises a bottom edge, left and right exterior edges perpendicular to said bottom edge, and a top edge, wherein a first portion of said top edge, extending from said left exterior edge to a point between said left exterior edge and a quarter-point of said top edge is parallel to said bottom edge, wherein a second portion of said top edge, extending from a quarter-point is perpendicular to said bottom edge, wherein a third portion of said top edge, extending from a quarter-point is parallel to said bottom edge, wherein a fourth portion of said top edge, extending from a quarter-point is perpendicular to said bottom edge, wherein a fifth portion of said top edge, extending from a quarter-point is perpendicular to said bottom edge, wherein a fifth portion of said top edge, extending from a quarter-point is parallel to said bottom edge, the planar pad is filled with cushioning material; and a proning face rest assembly comprises a load support, a base support, and a plurality of scissor assemblies attached between the load support and the base support that enable movement of the load support relative to the base support with the opening and closing of the scissor assemblies; the plurality of scissor assemblies including a first scissor assembly attached between one end of the load and base supports, and a second scissor assembly attached between the other end of the load and base supports; each scissor assembly further comprising a threaded gear attached at a pivot, each arm further defined by an inside section and an outside section, outside sections of the first and/second scissor assemblies facing away from each other; wherein the outside sections of the first scissor assembly are rotatably fixed relative to the load and base supports, and wherein outside sections of the second scissor assembly are movable relative to the load and base supports.

2) Said proning face rest assembly in claim 1 is positioned adjacent to said second portion of said top edge, and said fourth portion of said top edge.

3) Said scissors lift of claim 1 further comprising threaded gear at the pivot that controls the opening and closing of the scissors assemblies for enabling movement of the load support relative to the lift support.

4) Said scissors lift of claim 3 the threaded gear further comprising a connection between the first scissor assembly and the second scissors assembly.

5) Said scissors lift of claim 4 wherein the threaded gear connections are driven toward or away from each other along a plane define by the pivots.

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