Upper body elevator
View Patent ↗An upper body elevator includes a generally wedge-shaped elevator body comprising a lower elevator pillow comprising a first plurality of adjacent air tubes and an upper elevator pillow comprising a second plurality of adjacent air tubes carried by the lower elevator pillow.
1. An upper body elevator, comprising:
an elevator body rectangular in top view and wedge-shaped in side view and comprising:
a first plurality of adjacent air tubes extending in side-by-side relationship generally across a width of the elevator body;
second plurality of adjacent air tubes carried by the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and extending in side-by-side relationship generally across the width of the elevator body;
a first plurality of air diffusers establishing air communication between the first plurality of adjacent air tubes;
a second plurality of air diffusers establishing air communication between the second plurality of adjacent air tubes; and
a third plurality of air diffusers establishing air communication between the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and the second plurality of adjacent air tubes.
2. The upper body elevator of claim 1 further comprising at least one baffle provided in the elevator body generally adjacent to the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and the second plurality of adjacent air tubes.
3. The upper body elevator of claim 2 wherein the at least one baffle comprises a lower baffle adjacent to the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and an upper baffle adjacent to the second plurality of adjacent air tubes.
4. The upper body elevator of claim 1 further comprising an anchor/butt rest carried by the elevator body.
5. An upper body elevator, comprising:
an elevator body rectangular in top view and wedge-shaped in side view and having a first end and a second end spaced-apart from the first end and comprising:
a pair of gussets provided in the elevator body generally at the first end of the elevator body:
a first plurality of adjacent air tubes provided generally between the pair of gussets and the second end of the elevator body and extending in side-by-side relationship generally across a width of the elevator body;
a plurality of lower tube partitions separating the first plurality of air tubes from each other:
a first plurality of air diffusers in the plurality of lower tube partitions, respectively, and establishing air communication between the first plurality of adjacent air tubes;
a second plurality of adjacent air tubes provided generally between the pair of gussets and the second end of the elevator body and extending in side-by-side relationship generally across a width of the elevator body;
a plurality of upper tube partitions separating the second plurality of air tubes from each other;
a second plurality of air diffusers in the plurality of upper tube partitions, respectively, and establishing air communication between the second plurality of adjacent air tubes;
a diaphragm separating the first plurality of air tubes from the second plurality of air tubes;
a third plurality of air diffusers in the diaphragm and establishing air communication between the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and the second plurality of adjacent air tubes;
a lower baffle terminating the first plurality of adjacent air tubes;
an upper baffle terminating the second plurality of adjacent air tubes;
a head pillow carried by the elevator body; and
at least one air diffuser establishing air communication between the head pillow and the second plurality of adjacent air tubes.
6. The upper body elevator of claim 5 further comprising an anchor/butt rest carried by the second end of the elevator body.
7. The upper body elevator of claim 5 further comprising a bottom sheet provided on the first plurality of adjacent air tubes and a top sheet provided on the second plurality of adjacent air tubes.