Patents Examined by Alison N Labarge
  • Patent number: 12285129
    Abstract: A pillow has an outer enclosure enclosing a fill. The outer enclosure has a length extending between a first pillow end region that includes a first pillow end, and an opposing second pillow end region that includes an opposing second pillow end. The outer enclosure has a pillow width and a pillow thickness, wherein the pillow width is greater than the pillow thickness at the first pillow end region and the pillow thickness is greater than the pillow width at the opposing second pillow end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Trever Sire
  • Patent number: 12285128
    Abstract: The sleeping bag assembly may include a sleeping bag, one or more connecting portions, and a quilt. Advantageously, the quilt may be configured to drape over the top of the sleeping bag and cover the less insulated areas of the sleeping bag. The quilt may be configured to be coupled to the sleeping bag via the one or more connecting portions and the connecting portions may keep the quilt on top of the sleeping bag during use. The quilt may also be sized and configured to form a seal about a portion of the sleeping bag, which may increase heat retention and efficiency of the sleeping bag by covering the areas of the sleeping bag that are more susceptible to heat loss, including but not limited to areas that may lack insulation, where the insulation is compressed, and/or where the insulation is separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Aaron Hill
  • Patent number: 12285112
    Abstract: A mattress that includes a bottom mattress assembly and a top mattress assembly that may be assembled with each other. An internal overlap may be associated with the bottom mattress assembly and protrude beyond a top of a bottom core of the bottom mattress assembly to define a receptacle for a base portion of the top mattress assembly. A cover top and a cover bottom may be placed over the assembly and secured to each other at a location vertically below an upper extent of the internal overlap. The mattress may be modular and, thus, include a bottom mattress assembly selectable from a plurality of different configurations of bottom mattress assemblies and/or a top mattress assembly selectable from a plurality of different configurations of top mattress assemblies. Methods for assembling bottom mattress assemblies and top mattress assemblies with one another to provide a complete mattress are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Russell B. Whatcott, Brock Keith Harris, Dhyey Yogesh Acharya, Wade Hoover
  • Patent number: 12285368
    Abstract: A bedding foundation has a linear actuator for moving a roller carriage forward and backwards. The roller carriage includes wheels which move along rails supported below a rigid platform having an opening extending through the platform. The roller carriage includes a lifter which raises and lowers a roller independently of the movement of the linear actuator. Regardless of the position of the linear actuator, the roller may be raised or lowered. The roller moves back and forth inside the opening extending through the rigid platform and imparts a massage movement to a mattress above the foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Isaac T. Freelend, Jacob J. Neuenswander, Jason J. Stokesbary
  • Patent number: 12279698
    Abstract: An air system for a bed can include a layer assembly having a head end, a foot end, and first and second sides, with a head portion near the head end, a foot portion near the foot end, and a middle portion between the head portion and the foot portion, the layer assembly. The layer assembly can have a spacer layer comprising spacer material configured to allow for air flow through the spacer material and a cover comprising a cover top layer and a cover bottom layer. The air system can have a distribution manifold that is substantially fan-shaped with a plurality of ribs defining channels and/or is positioned above the cover bottom layer and under the spacer layer. The air system can have first and second flaps with first and second retention features extending from the head and foot ends of the air layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Griffith, Natalie Negus, Eric Rose, Kody Lee Karschnik
  • Patent number: 12263128
    Abstract: A method for performing a surgical procedure includes: positioning a patient in a surgical patient interface device that includes: a base, a platform coupled to the base, and a first abutment and a second abutment each coupled to the platform; rotating the platform between a first position and a second position, where, in the first position, the platform extends in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the base, and the first and second abutments are separated by a first distance, and in the second position, the platform extends in a substantially vertical direction relative to the base; adjusting one or both of the first and second abutments relative to the platform such that, in the second position, the first and second abutments are separated by a second distance different from the first distance; and accessing a target portion of skin of the patient for the surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwardt, Michael Wentz, Jorge Lopez Camacho, Frank Phillips, Dennis Crandall, Alexander Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 12256845
    Abstract: Apparatuses, components, devices, methods, and systems for an adjustable firmness mattress are provided. An example rectangular shaped adjustable firmness mattress extends lengthwise from a head end to a foot end, widthwise from a first side to a second side, and depth-wise from a top side to a bottom side. The example mattress may include an adjustable firmness support layer disposed between the bottom side of the mattress and the top side of the mattress. The adjustable firmness support layer may include at least one rotatable assembly having an orientation-specific firmness, a bridge assembly disposed between the at least one rotatable assembly and the top side of the mattress; and a support assembly disposed between the at least one rotatable assembly and the bottom side of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventors: Philip J Haarstad, Molly Haarstad, Alexander Haarstad, Benjamin Haarstad, Connie Marie Haarstad, Donald Melvin Haarstad, Laura K Y Haarstad, Lucas G Haarstad, Paul A Haarstad, Dennis Nathaniel Harvey, Anthony Todd Hessburg, Ching Hung, Heidi J Hung, Shawn M Patterson, Elizabeth Kate Radzwill, Rockford Kenneth White
  • Patent number: 12245698
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure enables a bed that can be easily assembled by an end user on premises of end use (e.g., a bedroom), while also being efficiently packaged for delivery to or assembly in a tight area (e.g., an apartment building).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Burrow, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Kuhl, Evan Clabots, Brian Ornduff
  • Patent number: 12232627
    Abstract: Provided for is a mattress comprising a first layer comprising a first firm layer and a first soft layer, a second layer comprising a second firm layer and a second soft layer, where the second layer and the first layer are in horizontal adjacent contact. The mattress may further comprise a base layer comprising a base top layer and a base bottom layer, where the base layer and the first layer are in vertical adjacent contact, and where the base layer and the second layer are in vertical adjacent contact. The mattress may further comprise a cover comprising a cover top, a cover bottom, and a zipper, where the zipper may separate the cover top from the cover bottom, where a band may be disposed on an inside surface of the cover top, where the band may mask a gap between the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: EMENDEEZ LLC
    Inventor: Adam Teller
  • Patent number: 12220060
    Abstract: A bed mountable article storage assembly includes a housing has an outer wall forming a top wall, a bottom wall, and a perimeter wall is attached to and extends between the top and bottom walls. The outer wall is comprised of a flexible material comprising a cloth material. A coupler is attached to the housing and engages a headboard of a bed to releasably secure the housing to the headboard. An interior of the housing comprises a resiliently compressible material that retains a shape of the housing. A plurality of pockets extends into the perimeter wall for receiving small articles. Each of the pockets comprises an elongated slot having a length equal to at least 4.0 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Bonita Barnes
  • Patent number: 12193575
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
  • Patent number: 12185838
    Abstract: Mattress arrangements include mattress portions with friction enhancing fabrics to secure them in place. The mattress portions can be bases and toppers, mattresses, and supports, or other components. Use of the fabrics eliminates the need for other attachment structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Engineered Sleep, LLC
    Inventors: Raheel Sadiq, James B. Orders, IV, Carter R. Mahaffee
  • Patent number: 12144771
    Abstract: An overhead support system includes a plurality of posts; a plurality of beams configured to connect to and span between the posts; a counterbalance system configured to be attached to the plurality of posts; a harness configured to be worn by and support a patient; a plurality of pulleys configured to be disposed on the plurality of posts; a plurality of cables, each cable including a first end configured to be operatively connected to the harness and a second end configured to be operatively connected to a counterbalance system, each cable passing over one of the pulleys; and a mechanism configured to selectively adjust a tension in at least one of the plurality of cables to support some or all of the weight of the patient. The counterbalance system compensates to maintain support while the patient is located between the posts and the harness is lower than the pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventor: Carl A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12137816
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a mattress assembly including a tub including vertically extending rails and a base and defining an interior cavity bound by the rails and the base, a plurality of non-laminated and rearrangeable layers positioned within the interior cavity to provide both support and comfort levels within the mattress assembly, each layer including a layer cover and a layer foam, and a cover system that includes a removable cover allowing selective access to the plurality of layers and the interior cavity and selectively compressing the plurality of layers within the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ahhfactor LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Nolte, Thomas J. Metz, Kathy Thornton-Bias, Richard Feingold
  • Patent number: 12137808
    Abstract: A headboard assembly for a modular bed frame assembly includes a bracket and a headboard. The bracket includes an upper attachment structure and a lower attachment structure. The headboard is removably coupled to the bracket at the upper attachment structure. The bracket is configured to be removably coupled between two laterally adjacent planar members of the modular bed frame assembly by the lower attachment structure. At least one of the upper attachment structure or the lower attachment structure of the bracket defines a generally C-shaped section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FLOYD DESIGN, LLC.
    Inventor: Kyle Hoff
  • Patent number: 12114780
    Abstract: A single-motor electrically powered bed includes: a bed board, a frame, a slide assembly, a first connecting-rod mechanism, and a drive assembly; the bed board includes: a first bed board and a second bed board, one end of the first bed board being hingedly connected to one end of the second bed board; the second bed board is slidably connected to the frame by means of the slide component, the two ends of the first connecting-rod mechanism are hingedly connected to the first bed board and the frame, respectively, and the first bed board can be raised and lowered by means of the drive assembly. The single-motor electrically powered bed needs only one drive assembly to drive all of the bed boards to move, adjust the position and height of the human body, and achieve the lifting and lowering function of the electrically powered bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Keeson Technology Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Huafeng Shan, Jian Wang, Shaojun Li, Chuanxiang Ji, Xiaowen Lu
  • Patent number: 12102570
    Abstract: A patient limb positioning apparatus comprises a movement assembly operating on a coupling bracket which can be engaged with the patient's limb, to move the limb according to a plurality of axes of movement. The movement assembly comprises, for at least one of said axes of movement, a drive unit which can be activated to move the coupling bracket according to a predetermined direction of movement. A load transducer detects a load transmitted between the coupling bracket and the drive unit in the respective direction of movement, to emit a signal representative of a detected load value. An electronic control unit is selectively switchable to a load control command mode and is suitable to cyclically compare the measured load value with a pre-set load value, to control activation of the drive unit when the detected load value differs from the pre-set load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Francesco Siccardi, Massimiliano Bernardoni, Ermete Rossi, Frederic Laude, Paolo Righettini
  • Patent number: 12102580
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ENCOMPASS GROUP, LLC.
    Inventor: Michelle Daniels
  • Patent number: 12102571
    Abstract: A boot stirrup for use with a surgical table is provided. The boot stirrup includes a support arm, a surgical boot, and a lockable joint coupled to the support arm and the surgical boot. The support arm is configured to couple to a surgical table for movement about a plurality of axes relative to the surgical table. The surgical boot is configured to support and/or immobilize the foot and leg of the patient. The lockable joint is configured to selectively permit movement of the surgical boot relative to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Moriarty, Jesse S. Drake
  • Patent number: 12089746
    Abstract: An air system for a bed can include a layer assembly having a head end, a foot end, and first and second sides, with a head portion near the head end, a foot portion near the foot end, and a middle portion between the head portion and the foot portion, the layer assembly. The layer assembly can have a spacer layer comprising spacer material configured to allow for air flow through the spacer material and a cover comprising a cover top layer and a cover bottom layer. The air system can have a distribution manifold that is substantially fan-shaped with a plurality of ribs defining channels and/or is positioned above the cover bottom layer and under the spacer layer. The air system can have first and second flaps with first and second retention features extending from the head and foot ends of the air layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Griffith, Natalie Negus, Eric Rose, Kody Lee Karschnik