INFLATION VALVE ALLOWING FOR RAPID INFLATION AND DEFLATION OF AN INFLATABLE OBJECT

摘要

Disclosed is an inflation valve enabling a user to quickly inflate and deflate an inflatable object. The inflation valve can include an inflation chamber that is an adequate size to capture a breath of air blown by a user from a distance away from an outside opening of the inflation chamber. This allows surrounding air into the area of low pressure created by the moving air, thereby greatly increasing the amount of air entering the inflatable object. To prevent air from escaping the inflatable object, the inflation valve can include a non-invertible one-way valve and/or an invertible one-way valve. Each valve can prevent air from escaping the inflation chamber until adequate pressure is applied from the outside opening of the inflation chamber, for example, as a result of a user blowing air into the inflation chamber. The invertible one-way valve can be inverted to reverse the properties of the valve.

主权项

1. An inflatable mattress configured for being inflated by a user, the inflatable mattress comprising:
an inflatable mattress object configured for receiving a volume of air; and an inflation chamber protruding from the inflatable mattress object, the inflation chamber defining at least one outer opening configured for receiving air from outside the inflatable mattress object and at least one inner opening in fluid communication with the inflatable mattress object, wherein the inflation chamber is configured for being unrolled into an open configuration in which the inflation chamber permits air to enter the inflatable mattress object and rolled into a closed configuration in which the inflation chamber prevents air from escaping the inflatable mattress object.