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).

  • Publication number: 20180116415
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Omid Sayadi, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Ramazan Demirli, Eric Rose, Saurabh Chhaparwal
  • Publication number: 20160242562
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Select Comfort Corporation
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Rob Nunn, Eric Rose, Samuel Hellfeld, Jerry Boyer, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20150366366
    Abstract: An air distribution pad comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a spacer material located between the upper layer and the lower layer, the spacer material configured to allow air to pass therethrough. An air distributor is configured to distribute air to the spacer material, wherein the air distributor comprises a port configured to receive an air hose, wherein the port is directed laterally sideways from the air distributor. At least one joining structure is coupled to the upper layer and the lower layer, the at least one joining structure providing one or more channels formed through the spacer material in fluid communication with the air distributor. The one or more channels are configured to direct generally laterally flowing air from the port of the air distributor to a generally longitudinal direction along the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Vit Zaiss, Kody Lee Karschnik
  • Bed
    Patent number: D812393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Craig Peterson, Emily Murphey