Patents Examined by Alison N Labarge
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Patent number: 11801187Abstract: A surgical patient interface including a base; a platform coupled to the base and including a first end and a second end, the platform configured to transition between a first position and a second position about a pivotable axis stationary relative to the base; a first abutment and a second abutment each adjustably coupled to the platform. In the first position, the platform extends between the first end and the second end in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the base, and the first abutment and the second abutment are separated by a first distance along the substantially horizontal direction. In the second position, the platform extends between the first end and the second end in a substantially vertical direction such that a torso of a patient extends in the substantially vertical direction, and the first abutment and the second abutment are separated by a second, different distance along the substantially vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Schwardt, Michael Wentz, Jorge Lopez Camacho, Frank Phillips, Dennis Crandall, Alexander Vaccaro
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Patent number: 11793324Abstract: A mattress having a flange construction for securing a border assembly is disclosed. The flange construction is formed of a material that is affixed along the perimeter of an upper surface of the mattress. The border assembly includes a flap material for binding the border assembly to the flange construction. The flap material may be adhered to the flange construction, thereby allowing the flange construction to anchor and secure the border assembly to the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KING KOIL LICENSING COMPANY, INC.Inventor: I. David Long
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Patent number: 11793319Abstract: A three-layered topper for a bedding or seating product has a first piece of foam, a second piece of foam and a pocketed spring comfort layer therebetween. The pocketed spring comfort layer has individually pocketed mini coil springs. At least one of the foam pieces may be infused with metallic particles to improve thermal conductivity. Alternatively, at least one of the foam pieces may be infused with microencapsulated phase change materials to improve heat absorption. At least one of the foam pieces may have a coating to further improve thermal conductivity or heat absorption.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Heidi Stojanovic, Bruce W. Peterson
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Patent number: 11793694Abstract: A seat comprising: an attachment bracket; a seat hub rotatably attached to the attachment bracket in a first axis; a first locking mechanism operable to place the seat hub between a first position and a second position; a seat arm swivably attached to the seat hub in a second axis, wherein the second axis is substantially orthogonal to the first axis; a seating pad rotatably attached to the seat arm in a third axis, wherein the seating pad is caused to pivot into a sitting position; a second locking mechanism operable to maintain the seating pad in the sitting position.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Blue Orchid Care Inc.Inventor: Sina Afshani
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Patent number: 11786047Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11786049Abstract: The present bed bumper apparatus includes an elongate body that is resilient and flexible, an inner cover enclosing an entirety of the elongate body such that the elongate body is removable from the inner cover only by destroying an integrity of the inner cover, an outer cover enclosing an entirety of the inner cover having the elongate body, and a flexible strap engaged to the outer cover and having a quick release buckle and length adjuster such that the bed bumper can be engaged to a mattress at an edge of the mattress to minimize a person from rolling off the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Regalo International, LLCInventors: Mark A. Flannery, Kasey L. Pipo, Kyle J. Willette
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Patent number: 11786048Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Patent number: 11779322Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a patient during surgery includes a surgical table frame having a longitudinal dimension and a centerline, and at least one laterally movable support mounted thereon that includes longitudinal rails and transverse rails, and one or more modular body supports mounted on the surgical table frame. The laterally movable support includes a pair of platforms where one platform is laterally translatable relative to the other platform on a plurality of tracks between the platforms, the lateral translation being to one or both of the left and the right of the centerline.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLCInventor: Javier Garcia-Bengochea
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Patent number: 11779126Abstract: A bed includes a mattress set on which a user's body is placed, an adjustable bedframe to adjust a position or orientation of the mattress set for various sitting and sleeping positions, and a dryer to dry the mattress set. The dryer includes a fan, a filter, and a heater to discharge filtered hot air toward the dryer to reduce mildew and mites. A humidity sensing sheet may be provided to sense a humidity level at different regions or areas of the bed, and the dryer may be controlled to supply hot air to regions of the bed having a higher humidity level than a predetermined humidity level or humidity range.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Minkyu Oh, Deukwon Lee, Yongnam Kim, Seongwoo An, Yanghwan No, Hojae Jung
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Patent number: 11779128Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Matthew Max Griffith, Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Patent number: 11744379Abstract: A convertible bed frame assembly is configured to support a mattress. The bed frame assembly incorporates first and second side-by-side rectangular bed platforms. Each bed platform has a horizontal support surface, opposing lateral ends, and opposing interior and exterior longitudinal sides. A removable center extension is configured to reside between the interior longitudinal sides of the side-by-side bed platforms and coplanar with respective horizontal support surfaces. When installed, the center extension functions to separate the side-by-side bed platforms thereby increasing the width of the bed frame assembly. When removed, the side-by-side bed platforms combine together to reduce the width of the bed frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: ATMIYA GLOBAL HOSPITALITY, LLCInventor: Dipak Patel
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Patent number: 11744378Abstract: Disclosed is a bed construction for conditioned furniture e.g., a ventilated bed, comprising a base frame; a leg module extending from the base frame; and a tub-shaped outer shell, supported by the base frame, forming a cavity for accommodating a ventilation unit. The base frame can be arranged in the cavity, wherein the leg module extends from the base frame through respective openings in a bottom of the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventor: Barry Van Doornewaard
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Patent number: 11737575Abstract: A collapsible folding box spring assembly comprising a first subassembly that includes top and bottom frame portions; a second subassembly that includes a top and bottom frame portions; first and second T-brackets positioned between the first and second subassemblies in a hinged configuration, wherein the top frame portion of the first subassembly and the top frame portion of the second subassembly are both attached to the T-brackets at a first axis, wherein the bottom frame portion of the subassembly is attached to the T-brackets at a second axis; and wherein the bottom frame portion of the second subassembly is attached to the T-brackets at a third axis; and a plurality of rotating Z-links located between the top and bottom frame portions of the first and second subassemblies for expanding the frame portions when in an open configuration, and collapsing the frame portions when in a closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Bretton D. Cranney, Xie Zhiyong
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Patent number: 11737943Abstract: A cushion device is configured to be positioned upon a tray of a medical instrument stand such as a Mayo stand. The cushion device includes an upper portion, a front portion that connects to a front side of the upper portion and extends downward therefrom, and first and second side portions that connect to respective first and second longitudinal sides of the upper portion and extend downward therefrom. The inner surfaces of the upper portion, front portion, and side portions define a hollow receptacle that is configured in size and shape to receive a tray of a medical instrument stand so that the cushion device can be selectively positioned on the medical instrument stand.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Bone Foam, Inc.Inventor: Chad Robran
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Patent number: 11730275Abstract: A leg cover for a bed leg having a plurality of leg segments incorporates a plurality of cover segments each having matching length with a length of a corresponding leg segment. Each cover segment has a longitudinal separation, an upper circumferential separation and a lower circumferential separation. The leg cover is adapted to be separated at the circumferential separations to match a reduced length of the segmented leg if one or more leg segments is removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Ergomotion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Ermalovich, Carli Hill
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Patent number: 11717455Abstract: A hospital bed may include a support structure, a controller, a pressure source coupled to the controller, and a hospital bed mattress carried by the support structure and having first and second ends, and first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The hospital bed mattress may include bladders coupled to the pressure source. The bladders extend between the first and second ends and between the first and second sides and configured to provide pressure differential. The controller may be configured to pseudo-randomly adjust an internal pressure of each of the bladders.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: ENCOMPASS GROUP, LLC.Inventor: Michelle Daniels
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Patent number: 11701287Abstract: Beds and methods for applying a micro traction force on the body of a user over time to treating or relieve back/spinal pain. Embodiments of a bed according to the present invention provide a section of the bed that is movable relative to other sections of the bed and apply a restorative force to the movable section such that when a user lays on the movable section, the movable bed section is displaced and a tractive force is applied to the user’s body due to a force apparatus applying a force thereto. The movable bed section can be suspended by a tensional support and/or supported by a compressional support in various configurations disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventor: Peter Carl Lindstrom
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Patent number: 11684166Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Reuben Wesley Meline, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11684168Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Matthew Max Griffith, Reuben Wesley Meline, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Wade Daniel Palashewski
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Patent number: 11678748Abstract: Upholstery support arrangements for conditioned furniture are disclosed herein. A representative arrangement, such as for a ventilated bed, comprises an upholstery support structure having a support platform that defines a support plane, for supporting an upholstery item, the upholstery support platform having a first array of apertures that allow a flow of air through the support platform; the upholstery supported on the support platform (e.g., a mattress) having a bottom face facing the support platform and including a second array of apertures positioned to allow the flow of air through the bottom face into the upholstery; wherein a periodicity of the first array of apertures and a periodicity of the second array of apertures are matched to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Pure-Development 1 B.V.Inventors: Barry Van Doornewaard, Michiel Maria Augustinus Steegmans