Apparatuses and methods providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system and automatic adjustment thereof
US8826479B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6892
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus and method providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system, the apparatus including a sleep support member including: a comfort layer including: a plurality of comfort layer inflatable members; and a comfort layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the comfort layer inflatable members; a data analysis unit configured to analyze data provided by the comfort layer sensor and to generate analyzed comfort layer data; and a control wait configured to control a pressure within each of the respective comfort layer inflatable members using the analyzed comfort layer data.
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