Patents Assigned to Purple Innovation, LLC
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Patent number: 11939141Abstract: A bag for enclosing a cushion is disclosed. The bag comprises a tubular sleeve having first and second end pieces coupled to first and second longitudinal ends thereof, a plurality of reinforcing straps encircling a circumference of the tubular sleeve, and at least one handle extending between the plurality of reinforcing straps. The at least one handle is configured to lay flush against the tubular sleeve during shipping. Methods for packaging and shipping a cushion in the bag include roll packing a cushion into a cylindrical shape, disposing the cushion in a compressed form into the bag, and shipping the bag to a customer without inserting the bag in any other container. Methods of unpacking the cushion from the bag includes uncoupling the first end piece from the tubular sleeve, opening the tubular sleeve along a longitudinal length thereof, and unrolling the compressed cushion to an expanded form.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: Tony M. Pearce
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Patent number: 11896130Abstract: A mattress foot cover includes a top panel, a foot panel, side panels, and a bottom panel that define an opening and a void that receive the foot portion of a mattress, enabling the cover to fit snugly over the foot portion of the mattress. The cover may prevent the mattress or bed linens on the mattress from getting dirty in a mattress or furniture showroom. The cover is adjustable and removable to appropriately fit an applicable mattress.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: Cindy Speters
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Patent number: 11871861Abstract: A cushion includes a cover and a cushioning element having a top surface heat-fused to the cover. The cushioning element comprises an elastomeric material having a plurality of voids formed therein. At least 60% of a bottom surface of the cushioning element is exposed such that when the cushion is disposed over a surface at least 60% of the bottom surface of the cushioning element is in direct contact with the surface. Methods of forming the cushion include disposing a cover adjacent a mold, conforming the cover to a selected shape of the mold, injecting molten elastomeric material into the mold, bonding the molten elastomeric material to the cover, solidifying the molten elastomeric material to form the cushioning element, and separating the mold from the cover. The cushioning element maintains the cover in the selected shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Tony M. Pearce, Terry V. Pearce, Russell B Whatcott
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Patent number: 11844451Abstract: A pillow includes a pillow cushion consisting essentially of a gelatinous elastomer that is sized and configured to support a head and neck of a person using the pillow cushion. The pillow cushion has a first major surface, a second major surface, and deformable wall members extending between the first major surface and the second major surface. The deformable wall members are located and configured to define voids therebetween such that the deformable wall members may be displaced into adjacent voids upon deformation of the deformable wall members. The deformable wall members are configured to buckle when a pressure applied to a cushioning surface of the pillow cushion, in a direction perpendicular to the first major surface, exceeds a threshold pressure level. A pillow cover covers the pillow cushion. A method of fabricating a pillow includes enclosing such a cushion in a pillow cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Tony M. Pearce, Shawn D. Moon
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Patent number: 11812880Abstract: A pillow includes a first pillow cushion consisting essentially of a gelatinous elastomer that is sized and configured to support a head and neck of a person using the pillow cushion and a second pillow cushion coupled thereto. The pillow cushion has deformable wall members located and configured to define voids therebetween such that the deformable wall members may be displaced into adjacent voids upon deformation of the deformable wall members. The deformable wall members are configured to buckle when a pressure applied to a cushioning surface of the first pillow cushion, in a direction perpendicular to a first major surface, exceeds a threshold pressure level. A pillow cover covers the first pillow cushion and the second pillow cushion. A method of fabricating a pillow includes enclosing such first and second pillow cushions in a pillow cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Tony M. Pearce, Shawn D. Moon, John Nathan Abel
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Patent number: 11812856Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for integrating remote controls into beds include a support for a remote control and an optional cradle. The support may be secured to the bed at a location where it is readily accessible to an individual as he or she lies on the bed. The support may receive the cradle or the remote control. The cradle, if any, may receive the remote control. The cradle may include a secondary remote system that may enable an individual to control certain functions of the bed, accessories thereto, and/or the environment in which the bed is located. Methods for securing and controlling a bed, any accessories, and the environment in which the bed is located are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: James T. Grutta
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Patent number: 11793322Abstract: A mattress or mattress topper includes a cushioning element having an elastomeric material forming intersecting buckling walls that define hollow columns, and a knitted fabric disposed over the cushioning element and configured to move independently of the buckling walls. The elastomeric material includes an elastomeric polymer and a plasticizer. The knitted fabric includes a first layer of stretchable material; a second layer of stretchable material; and a layer of stretchable fill material between the first layer of stretchable material and the second layer of stretchable material. The first layer of stretchable material is knitted together with the second layer of stretchable material as a unitary sheet of fabric including the layer of stretchable fill material. A method of forming a mattress or mattress topper includes disposing a knitted fabric over a cushioning element comprising intersecting buckling walls and configuring the knitted fabric to move independently of the buckling walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: Tony M. Pearce
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Patent number: 11751697Abstract: A ventilated mattress includes a ventilation system with an air distribution layer and a gel cushioning layer over the air distribution layer. The air distribution layer may include channels in a surface thereof, while voids that extend through an entire thickness of the gel cushioning layer may include voids that communicate with the channels. As the ventilation system forces air into the air distribution layer, the air may flow through the channels, into and through the voids of the gel cushioning layer, and to a top of the ventilated mattress.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: James T. Grutta, Brett Pearson, Aubree Carter
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Patent number: 11730277Abstract: A composite mattress includes a pressurizable layer and a top layer. A coiled spring layer may also be included in the composite mattress. The composite mattress may also include a base layer and/or an intermediate layer. A foundation, or rail, may laterally surround the pressurizable layer and the top layer. The composite mattress may include a cover, including a base panel, a periphery, and a top panel. The cover may encase the other components of the composite mattress. The composite mattress may include a separable top and bottom; these elements may be modular, enabling individuals or couples to customize a mattress by selecting one or more tops from a plurality of available tops for use with one or more bases from a plurality of available bases.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Brock Keith Harris, James T. Grutta, Brett Pearson, Michael Allen Pierce
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Patent number: 11725121Abstract: An article of manufacture, such as a weighted blanket, a cushioning element, or the like, includes an elastomeric element that includes elongated elements that follow nonlinear, partially overlapping paths and voids between adjacent portions of the elongated elements. Such an elastomeric element may define a weighted layer of a weighted blanket, a cushioning layer of a cushioning element of the like. The elastomeric element may be secured directly to a substrate, such as a fabric layer. Alternatively, an adhesion layer may secure the elastomeric element to the substrate. An adhesion layer may cover only a portion of the substrate. A cover may be provided over the elastomeric element. Together, the cover and the substrate may contain the elastomeric element.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: James T. Grutta, Brett Pearson, Robert W. Taylor, David Ewell, Bob Watters, Brock Keith Harris, Dhyey Yogesh Acharya, Russell B. Whatcott
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Patent number: 11723476Abstract: A cushioning element includes pressurizable cells. The pressurizable cells of the cushioning elements are grouped into a plurality of sets, with each set of pressurizable cells being independently pressurizable from every other set of pressurizable cells of the cushioning element. The pressurizable cells may extend across a widths of the cushioning element and be arranged in series along the length of the cushioning element. Such a cushioning element may be part of a cushion, such as a mattress, a mattress topper, or the like. Methods for manufacturing the cushioning elements are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: James T. Grutta, Russell B. Whatcott, Brett Pearson
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Patent number: 11602227Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a base core layer and an inner core located over the base core layer. The inner core includes coil springs. The mattress assembly also includes a side panel assembly located around a perimeter of the inner core. The side panel assembly includes a spacer fabric located over and transverse to the base core layer. The spacer fabric includes a first knit layer, a second knit layer, and an inner fibrous material located therebetween. Methods of forming the mattress assembly are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Shawn David Moon, Lars C. Hamilton, Tanner R. Wheadon
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Patent number: D983265Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Dhyey Yogesh Acharya, Brock Keith Harris
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Patent number: D990930Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Robert Wayne Taylor, Jon Wandvik
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Patent number: D991706Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Robert Wayne Taylor, Jon Wandvik
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Patent number: D999569Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Brock Keith Harris, Wade Hoover, Dhyey Yogesh Acharya
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Patent number: D1002242Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Brock Keith Harris, Wade Hoover, Dhyey Yogesh Acharya
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Patent number: D1004342Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Brock Keith Harris, Wade Hoover, Dhyey Yogesh Acharya
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Patent number: D1014135Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventors: Stacey Woodard, Matthew Rogers, Joseph T. Nilson, Lidia SaldaƱa, Leonor Godinez
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Patent number: D1020307Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: Wade Hoover