Patents by Inventor Kody Lee Karschnik
Kody Lee Karschnik 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).
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Publication number: 20240115058Abstract: A mattress system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The mattress system includes a first side rail, a second side rail, a core positioned between the first side rail and the second side rail, a layer positioned under the core, and multiple straps extending from at least one of the first side rail and the second side rail and connected to the layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Daniel VerBockel, Kody Lee Karschnik, Chris Jones, Daniel Shirtz
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Patent number: 11937701Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Publication number: 20240090677Abstract: A template for mounting components to a bed. The template can include a body positioner that aligns with a first portion of a mattress and an alignment body connected to the body positioner. The alignment body can be configured to receive a component and align the component with respect to the mattress when the body positioner is aligned with the first portion of the mattress. The body positioner can be a vertical plate, the first portion of the mattress can be a first edge of the mattress, and the alignment body can be a horizontal plate positioned on a top of a mattress surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Daniel VerBockel, Kody Lee Karschnik, Chris Jones, Daniel Shirtz
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Patent number: 11930934Abstract: Reinforcement straps are used to hold a mattress system in place and keep it from bowing outwards when used. The mattress system can include a layer and a rail structure attached to the layer. The layer can have a layer top and a layer bottom opposite to the layer top. The layer can extend between a first layer edge and a second layer edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose
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Patent number: 11918119Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11896134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Kody Lee Karschnik, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11889928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number 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: 11889925Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Matthew Griffith
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Publication number: 20240016301Abstract: A bed has a mattress comprising one or more air-chambers. A pressure adjuster is configured to adjust pressure in the mattress. One or more pressure sensors are configured to sense a pressure of the mattress and transmit, to a controller, pressure readings. A controller comprising is configured to receive, from each of the pressure sensors, pressure readings; determine a pressure value for the mattress; determine if the pressure value for the mattress is above a maximum-target-pressure, wherein the maximum-target-pressure corresponds to a maximum-possible sleeper-value, the maximum-possible sleeper-value being a greatest value for a sleeper-value defining a firmness for the mattress, the bed having a maximum operational value describing a greatest pressure value at which the system functions normally; and responsive to determining that the pressure value for the mattress value is above the maximum-possible sleeper-value, send instructions to the pressure adjuster to adjust the pressure of the mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Cristina Marie Jocson, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20230404278Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Publication number: 20230404279Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11844433Abstract: A bed can include a mattress and a foot warming system. The mattress can include a mattress cover and a support structure that is positioned under and covered by the mattress cover. The foot warming system can include a heating unit an envelope, a power source, and an electrical connector electrically connecting the heating unit to the power source. The heating unit can be positioned inside the envelope between the envelope top and the envelope bottom. The heating unit and the envelope can be positioned at a foot of the bed under mattress cover between the support structure and the mattress cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Omid Sayadi, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Ramazan Demirli, Eric Rose, Saurabh Chhaparwal
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Patent number: 11786047Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11786048Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Patent number: 11779128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Matthew Max Griffith, Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Reuben Wesley Meline
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Patent number: 11766135Abstract: Reinforcement straps are used to hold a mattress system in place and keep it from bowing outwards when used. The mattress system can include a layer and a rail structure attached to the layer. The layer can have a layer top and a layer bottom opposite to the layer top. The layer can extend between a first layer edge and a second layer edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose
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Publication number: 20230276948Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for temperature control of a bed. A system can include a bed having first and second sides, the bed having a mattress, a first thermal module on the first side, and a second thermal module on the second side. A computer system can receive data about the bed, such as temperature, pressure, heat routine activation, and cool routine activation data for at least one of the first and second side, determine that a heat routine is activated on the first side based on the data, detect that the second side is unoccupied by a user, generate, based on (i) the heat routine being activated and (ii) the second side being unoccupied, instructions that cause the second thermal module to activate a heat crosstalk mitigation routine, and transmit the instructions to the second thermal module for activation of the heat crosstalk mitigation routine on the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang
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Publication number: 20230240450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Matthew Griffith, Natalie Negus, Eric Rose, Kody Lee Karschnik
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Patent number: 11684168Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Stephen Rose, Matthew Max Griffith, Reuben Wesley Meline, Caleb Siffring, Alexander Norell, Wade Daniel Palashewski
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Patent number: 11684167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Chee Nong Yang, Eric Rose, Wade Daniel Palashewski