Patents by Inventor Samuel Hellfeld
Samuel Hellfeld has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240188726Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Patent number: 11889928Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Publication number: 20220265059Abstract: An air mattress adjustment method includes adjusting the air mattress to a received user pressure setting, learning a level of pressure in the air mattress at a first plurality of times with respect to the user pressure setting, monitoring the level of pressure in the air mattress at a second plurality of times, determining that the pressure of the air mattress at one of the second plurality of times is out of range, and based on the determining, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Robert Erko, Samuel Hellfeld, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20210282570Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Patent number: 10959535Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Publication number: 20210000261Abstract: An air mattress adjustment method includes adjusting the air mattress to a received user pressure setting, learning a level of pressure in the air mattress at a first plurality of times with respect to the user pressure setting, monitoring the level of pressure in the air mattress at a second plurality of times, determining that the pressure of the air mattress at one of the second plurality of times is out of range, and based on the determining, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Robert Nunn, Robert Erko, Samuel Hellfeld, Yi-ching Chen
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Patent number: 10736432Abstract: An air mattress adjustment method includes adjusting the air mattress to a received user pressure setting, learning a level of pressure in the air mattress at a first plurality of times with respect to the user pressure setting, monitoring the level of pressure in the air mattress at a second plurality of times, determining that the pressure of the air mattress at one of the second plurality of times is out of range, and based on the determining, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Rob Nunn, Robert Erko, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Samuel Hellfeld, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20200029704Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Publication number: 20190328146Abstract: A foundation for a bed system can include a foundation structure having a head, a foot, a first side, and a second side. An air pump configured for supplying air to and inflating at least one mattress air chamber can be housed within the foundation structure proximate the foot of the foundation structure. A control box and a central power hub can be housed within the foundation structure. The central power hub can be electrically connected to and configured to deliver electrical power to each of the air pump, the control box, and one or more additional electrical components. The foundation can optionally integrate other components into the foundation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Kody Karshnik, Saurabh Chhaparwal, Samuel Hellfeld, John Klesk, John McGuire, Jeff Ingham, Eric Rose, Robert Erko, Bruce William Gaunt
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Patent number: 10441087Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Patent number: 10342358Abstract: A foundation for a bed system can include a foundation structure having a head, a foot, a first side, and a second side. An air pump configured for supplying air to and inflating at least one mattress air chamber can be housed within the foundation structure proximate the foot of the foundation structure. A control box and a central power hub can be housed within the foundation structure. The central power hub can be electrically connected to and configured to deliver electrical power to each of the air pump, the control box, and one or more additional electrical components. The foundation can optionally integrate other components into the foundation.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Kody Karshnik, Saurabh Chhaparwal, Samuel Hellfeld, John Klesk, John McGuire, Jeff Ingham, Eric Rose, Robert Erko, Bruce William Gaunt
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Publication number: 20190021513Abstract: An air mattress adjustment method includes adjusting the air mattress to a received user pressure setting, learning a level of pressure in the air mattress at a first plurality of times with respect to the user pressure setting, monitoring the level of pressure in the air mattress at a second plurality of times, determining that the pressure of the air mattress at one of the second plurality of times is out of range, and based on the determining, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Rob Nunn, Robert Erko, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Samuel Hellfeld, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20160242562Abstract: A mattress can include one or more layers of foam material, an adjustable air layer including an air bladder, and a valve. The valve can be fluidically connected to the air bladder and configured to regulate pressure of the air bladder in response to actuation. Some embodiments can include a foam material positioned inside the air bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Publication number: 20160015184Abstract: An air mattress adjustment method includes adjusting the air mattress to a received user pressure setting, learning a level of pressure in the air mattress at a first plurality of times with respect to the user pressure setting, monitoring the level of pressure in the air mattress at a second plurality of times, determining that the pressure of the air mattress at one of the second plurality of times is out of range, and based on the determining, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Rob Nunn, Robert Erko, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Samuel Hellfeld, Yi-ching Chen