Patents by Inventor Joe W. Schmoeller

Joe W. Schmoeller 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for comfort/support analysis of a sleep support member
    Patent number: 9138067
    Abstract: A method of testing a sleep support member, the method including: identifying the sleep support member; determining a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and determining whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member. An apparatus for testing a sleep support member, the apparatus including: an identification unit configured to identify the sleep support member; a comfort/support testing unit configured to determine a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and an analysis unit configured to determine whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: KINGSDOWN, INC.
    Inventors: Joe W. Schmoeller, David B. Scott, Robert D. Oexman, Joshua Carrier
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMFORT/SUPPORT ANALYSIS OF A SLEEP SUPPORT MEMBER
    Publication number: 20110041592
    Abstract: A method of testing a sleep support member, the method including: identifying the sleep support member; determining a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and determining whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member. An apparatus for testing a sleep support member, the apparatus including: an identification unit configured to identify the sleep support member; a comfort/support testing unit configured to determine a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and an analysis unit configured to determine whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: KINGSDOWN, INC.
    Inventors: Joe W. Schmoeller, David B. Scott, Robert D. Oexman, Joshua Carrier