US 11,833,091 B2
Moisture control coverlet
John H. Vrzalik, San Antonio, TX (US); Mathew Pickering, San Antonio, TX (US); Kz Hong, San Antonio, TX (US); and Matthew Cavanaugh, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Arjo IP Holding AB, Malmo (SE)
Appl. No. 15/529,209
Filed by Arjo IP Holding AB, Malmo (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 24, 2015, PCT No. PCT/US2015/062549
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2016/086073, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/083,433, filed on Nov. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2017/0354558 A1, Dec. 14, 2017
Int. Cl. A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/05792 (2016.11) [A61G 7/057 (2013.01); A61G 2210/70 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moisture control coverlet comprising a fluid pathway for moisture removal fluid and a mounting element arranged on an outer surface of the moisture control coverlet, the mounting element comprising a base arranged on and directly contacting the outer surface of the moisture control coverlet and having an opening therethrough in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, wherein for pumping moisture removal fluid into or out of the fluid pathway, the moisture control coverlet is:
selectively configurable to use a fluid pump mounted on the mounting element to pump moisture removal fluid into or out of the fluid pathway; and
selectively configurable to use an adaptor mounted on the moisture control coverlet and coupled to a remote fluid pump to pump moisture removal fluid into or out of the fluid pathway, the adaptor coupled to the fluid pathway, and
wherein the base of the mounting element comprises a plurality of projections extending outwardly away from the outer surface of the moisture control coverlet and arranged about the opening and configured to releasably engage one or more tabs in one or more recesses in a housing of the fluid pump arranged on the outer surface of the moisture control coverlet.