Abstract: An air mattress having an internal support structure for stabilizing and resisting deformation of a sleep surface. The air mattress includes an air bladder defined by an upper sleep surface, a bottom surface, and an interconnecting side wall. A plurality of support columns interconnect the upper sleep surface to the bottom surface and segment an interior cavity of the air bladder into a plurality of air chambers for receiving air to support the upper sleep surface. A resilient member is carried within each of the air chambers to stabilize and resist deformation of the upper sleep surface resulting from changes in air pressure within the air bladder and from the shifting of weight on the upper sleep surface.

Abstract: A high-profile air sleep system having a pair of air posturizing sleep surfaces which may be individually inclined and air adjusted comprises an air posturing module having an outer module mattress case. A first case section extends medially along a length of said mattress case to define a first movable posturing section, and a second case section extends along a length of said mattress case to define a second movable posturing section. A third fixed module case section is included in said mattress case below the first and second posturing sections. A first air chamber is carried in the first and third case sections, and a second air chamber is carried in the second and third module sections to provide first and second posturizing module sections with individually elevatable posturizing sleep surfaces.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling the firmness of an inflatable air mattress wherein an air blower supplies pressurized air to the inflatable chamber(s) of the mattress through a port containing a valve in response to a target fullness selected by the user, the blower operation being controlled by a processor having an array of blower speeds included in a computer readable medium blower so that the speeds are selected in response to the target value.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling the firmness of an inflatable air mattress wherein an air blower supplies pressurized air to the inflatable chamber(s) of the mattress through a port containing a valve in response to a target fullness selected by the user, the blower operation being controlled by a processor having an array of blower speeds included in a computer readable medium blower so that the speeds are selected in response to the target value.