Vacuum Bed

A Vacuum Bed is a contraption where a person will lay entirely enclosed between two sheets of plastic. An air pump is then used to suck out the air from between the plastic sheets. The person in the bed will usually have a way to breathe by having a pipe to breath through or will have their head sticking out of the sheets.

The construction of the bed often contains a rectangular frame with 2 sides that can open with a type of hinge. The plastic sheets can vary in colour and transparency and be made from a variety of materials such as rubber, latex or other materials that do not let air pass through it. In many cases the bed will never be 100% air-leak free and it is common that the air pump will remain running to pump out the air faster than it can get in again. This also doubles as a safety feature.

When inside of the bed the person can be played with and is sometimes subjected to sensory play as the pressure of the vacuum alters their sense of touch. A vacuum bed can also be combined with Rope play or Rope bondage to alter those sensations as well. Other forms of play that can play with the person in their restrained way is also very much possible.

A variation on the vacuum bed is the vacuum cube, which allows more flexibility in how the person in the device is positioned.

In more popular media the Belgian artist Lawrence Malstaf has used a type of vacuum bed for their expositions Shrink that was later re-used during the Paris fashion show.

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