Patents Assigned to Select Comfort Corporation
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Patent number: 9844275Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes a method including determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, whether a user is present on a mattress of the air mattress system, initiating a timer in response to determining that the user is present on the mattress, enabling a light control feature of the air mattress system upon determining that the user is present on the mattress after expiration of the timer, and after enabling the light control feature, transmitting, from the central controller, at least one instruction to turn on at least one light of the air mattress system in response to determining that the user is no longer present on the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignees: Select Comfort Corporation, SleepIQ Labs Inc.Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Yi-ching Chen, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
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Patent number: 9730524Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire, Stacy Stusynski
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Patent number: 9635953Abstract: A method and system may include transmitting a signal to a pump of an air mattress to set the pressure of the air mattress to an initial pressure; receiving, at a central controller, a user preference condition for an automatic adjustment of the pressure in the air mattress; receiving, at the central controller, an indication that the air mattress is empty; and based on determining that the user preference condition has been met and receiving the indication: detecting a change in the pressure of the air mattress beyond a threshold value; and based on the detection, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress to the initial pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: SleepIQ Labs Inc., Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
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Patent number: 9578941Abstract: A support cushion comprising a first member comprising a first support surface and a second member coupled to the first member, the second member comprising a second support surface. The second member is configured to move relative to the first member between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first support surface of the first member and the second support surface of the second member are configured to cooperatively support a first electronic device when the second member is in the first configuration, and the first support surface of the first member is configured to support a second electronic device when the second member is in the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Lori MacLachlan, Rebecca Karnes-Toth, Joseph E. Blazar
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Patent number: 9510688Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes a method including receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, a plurality of air pressure value, determining a plurality of average values using the plurality of the received air pressure values, calculating a difference value between a first one of the plurality of average values and a second one of the plurality of average values, comparing the difference value to a threshold value, determining, based on the comparison, whether a user of the air mattress system moved.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: Select Comfort Corporation, SleepIQ Labs Inc.Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt, Yuri Zhovnirovsky
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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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Patent number: 9370457Abstract: A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: Select Comfort Corporation, Bam Labs, INC.Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Stacy Stusynski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
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Publication number: 20150374137Abstract: A method for adjusting pressure within an air bed comprises providing an air bed that includes an air chamber and a pump having a pump housing, selecting a desired pressure setpoint for the air chamber, calculating a pressure target, adjusting pressure within the air chamber until a pressure within the pump housing is substantially equal to the pressure target, determining an actual chamber pressure within the air chamber, and comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint to determine an adjustment factor error. The pressure target may be calculated based upon the desired pressure setpoint and a pressure adjustment factor. Furthermore, the pressure adjustment factor may be modified based upon the adjustment factor error determined by comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Paul James Mahoney, Matthew Glen Hilden, Matthew Wayne Tilstra
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Publication number: 20150182397Abstract: A sleep system comprises a mattress including a movable first section extending laterally along a first portion of a width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along a first portion of a length of the mattress, a movable second section extending laterally along a second portion of the width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along the first portion of the length of the mattress, and a movable third section extending laterally across substantially the entire width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along a second portion of the length of the mattress, and an articulation system configured to independently articulate the first section, the second section, and the third section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Eric Rose, Aran Brosnan
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Patent number: 8973183Abstract: A sheet for covering at least a portion of a mattress that includes a movable first section and a movable second section adjacent to and proximate to the movable first section comprises a first sheet section for covering at least a portion of the movable first section, a second sheet section laterally adjacent to the first sheet section configured to cover at least a portion of the movable second section, wherein the first and second sheet sections are joined together at a sheet junction, a first member projecting laterally from the first sheet section toward the second sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, and a second member projecting laterally from the second sheet section toward the first sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, wherein a portion of the first member overlays a portion of the second member proximate the sheet junction.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Eric Rose, Lori MacLachlan
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Patent number: 8931329Abstract: A leak detection method for an air bed having an air chamber comprises adjusting the air chamber to a predetermined pressure level, sensing a first pressure value of the air chamber after a first time interval, sensing a second pressure value of the air chamber after a second time interval, determining a pressure change in the air chamber, detecting whether the air chamber is leaking by comparing the pressure change with a second pressure value, and displaying a leak detection indicator. In one embodiment, the second pressure value is a pressure change in a second air chamber. In another embodiment, the second pressure value is an expected pressure change of the air chamber that is calculated based upon changes in ambient temperature and barometric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventor: Paul James Mahoney
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Publication number: 20150007393Abstract: A sleep system comprises a mattress comprising a plurality of zones, each zone comprising at least one fluid inflatable bladder, a controller configured to control a fluid pressure within the at least one fluid inflatable bladder of each of the plurality of zones, and a user controlling device in communication with the controller, the user controlling device being configured to display a firmness identifier, the firmness identifier comprising a plurality of symbols, each symbol corresponding to a pressure setting within the at least one fluid inflatable bladder of a corresponding one of the plurality of zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: SELECT COMFORT CORPORATIONInventor: Wade Daniel Palashewski
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Patent number: 8893339Abstract: A method may include presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label a first air chamber of a plurality of air chambers; receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber; presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user; receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user; and transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Joe Fleury, Mark Dickens
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Publication number: 20140259431Abstract: A method may include presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label a first air chamber of a plurality of air chambers; receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber; presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user; receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user; and transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Joe Fleury, Mark Dickens
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Publication number: 20140259419Abstract: A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Stacy Stusynski, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Publication number: 20140257571Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire, Stacy Stusynski
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Publication number: 20140250597Abstract: This disclosure describes built-in self-test techniques for an adjustable bed foundation system. In one example, this disclosure describes a remote controller device for an adjustable bed foundation system, the remote controller device includes a user interface configured to receive input from a user, and a processor configured to initiate, via the user interface, at least one test sequence that tests the remote controller device in response to the received user input, and display, via the user interface, information related to the at least one test sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire, Stacy Stusynski
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Patent number: 8769747Abstract: A method for adjusting pressure within an air bed comprises providing an air bed that includes an air chamber and a pump having a pump housing, selecting a desired pressure setpoint for the air chamber, calculating a pressure target, adjusting pressure within the air chamber until a pressure within the pump housing is substantially equal to the pressure target, determining an actual chamber pressure within the air chamber, and comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint to determine an adjustment factor error. The pressure target may be calculated based upon the desired pressure setpoint and a pressure adjustment factor. Furthermore, the pressure adjustment factor may be modified based upon the adjustment factor error determined by comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Paul James Mahoney, Mathew Glen Hilden, Matthew Wayne Tilstra
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Patent number: D728254Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventors: Rebecca Karnes-Toth, Lori MacLachlan, Joseph E. Blazar
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Patent number: D932808Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Select Comfort CorporationInventor: Natalie Keeley