US 12,440,040 B2
Air bed valve
Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga, Baja California (MX); Chaolong Lan, Shenzhen (CN); Minglian Ma, Shenzhen (CN); and May Kong Wong, Gunangdong (CN)
Assigned to BELGRAVIA WOOD LIMITED, Tortola (VG)
Appl. No. 17/425,855
Filed by BELGRAVIA WOOD LIMITED, Tortola (VG)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/015123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/154711, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201920129792.0 (CN), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125213 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 27/08 (2006.01); F16K 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/082 (2013.01) [F16K 15/202 (2013.01); F16K 15/205 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflatable air mattress comprising:
a top panel;
a bottom panel;
one or more side panels attached to the top panel and the bottom panel to form a substantially airtight enclosure;
an internal support structure attached to at least the top panel and the bottom panel; and
an air valve assembly configured to control an ingress and an egress of air from the substantially airtight enclosure, the air valve assembly comprising:
a base configured to attach to a portion of the inflatable air mattress,
a middle valve configured to attach to the base and having a first diameter, the middle valve comprising: (i) a first end having a first threaded portion and (ii) a second end having a second threaded portion,
a diaphragm member configured to attach to the middle valve,
an adapter (i) having a portion with a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter and (ii) detachably attached to a portion of the middle valve by a first portion of a flexible connection such that when it is attached, a user may use an inflation device with a first dimensioned output;
a default ring configured to be flexibly attached and/or detached to the first end of the middle valve by a second portion of the flexible connection such that when the default ring is attached to the middle valve, the user may use a second inflation device having a second dimensioned output, wherein the second dimensioned output is larger than the first dimensioned output; and
a cap removably coupled to the first threaded portion of the middle valve such that when the cap is coupled to the first threaded portion, the cap at least partially envelops the middle valve and the adapter.