Patents by Inventor Wade Daniel Palashewski

Wade Daniel Palashewski 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: 20150182397
    Abstract: A sleep system comprises a mattress including a movable first section extending laterally along a first portion of a width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along a first portion of a length of the mattress, a movable second section extending laterally along a second portion of the width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along the first portion of the length of the mattress, and a movable third section extending laterally across substantially the entire width of the mattress and extending longitudinally along a second portion of the length of the mattress, and an articulation system configured to independently articulate the first section, the second section, and the third section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Select Comfort Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Eric Rose, Aran Brosnan
  • Patent number: 8973183
    Abstract: A sheet for covering at least a portion of a mattress that includes a movable first section and a movable second section adjacent to and proximate to the movable first section comprises a first sheet section for covering at least a portion of the movable first section, a second sheet section laterally adjacent to the first sheet section configured to cover at least a portion of the movable second section, wherein the first and second sheet sections are joined together at a sheet junction, a first member projecting laterally from the first sheet section toward the second sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, and a second member projecting laterally from the second sheet section toward the first sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, wherein a portion of the first member overlays a portion of the second member proximate the sheet junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Select Comfort Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Daniel Palashewski, Eric Rose, Lori MacLachlan
  • Patent number: 8966689
    Abstract: A support surface assembly comprises a support surface and a multi-zone chamber comprising two or more inflatable bladders forming the support surface. In an example, first and second bladders of the multi-zone chamber are arranged in a head to toe configuration and are substantially free to move with respect to one another. In another example, a flexible joint is included between first and second bladders, the flexible joint including one or more releasable fasteners. In another example, a fluid communication conduit between first and second bladders couples the first and second bladders in a series fluid communication. In another example, the bladders form an array of bladders arranged in series from a head to a foot of the support surface, wherein each of the bladders has substantially the same dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: John McGuire, Saurabh Chhaparwal, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Kody Karschnik
  • Publication number: 20150007393
    Abstract: A sleep system comprises a mattress comprising a plurality of zones, each zone comprising at least one fluid inflatable bladder, a controller configured to control a fluid pressure within the at least one fluid inflatable bladder of each of the plurality of zones, and a user controlling device in communication with the controller, the user controlling device being configured to display a firmness identifier, the firmness identifier comprising a plurality of symbols, each symbol corresponding to a pressure setting within the at least one fluid inflatable bladder of a corresponding one of the plurality of zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wade Daniel Palashewski
  • Publication number: 20140259417
    Abstract: A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Stacy Stusynski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140259434
    Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes a method including receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, a plurality of air pressure value, determining a plurality of average values using the plurality of the received air pressure values, calculating a difference value between a first one of the plurality of average values and a second one of the plurality of average values, comparing the difference value to a threshold value, determining, based on the comparison, whether a user of the air mattress system moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt, Yuri Zhovnirovsky
  • Publication number: 20140277822
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a setting for a component of a bed architecture and a trigger condition for the setting; generating a sleep profile with the setting and trigger condition; activating the sleep profile when the trigger condition has been met; and based on the activation of the sleep profile, transmitting a signal to the component to adjust to the setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Stacy Stusynski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140277778
    Abstract: A method and system may include transmitting a signal to a pump of an air mattress to set the pressure of the air mattress to an initial pressure; receiving, at a central controller, a user preference condition for an automatic adjustment of the pressure in the air mattress; receiving, at the central controller, an indication that the air mattress is empty; and based on determining that the user preference condition has been met and receiving the indication: detecting a change in the pressure of the air mattress beyond a threshold value; and based on the detection, adjusting the pressure of the air mattress to the initial pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140259433
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, among other things, techniques for waking a user by changing the user's sleep environment. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, at least one user alarm setting, generating, via the central controller, at least one instruction based on the received user alarm setting, and transmitting, from the central controller, the at least one instruction to a first component of the air mattress system to adjust a feature of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Stacy Stusynski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140259418
    Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes a method including determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, whether a user is present on a mattress of the air mattress system, initiating a timer in response to determining that the user is present on the mattress, enabling a light control feature of the air mattress system upon determining that the user is present on the mattress after expiration of the timer, and after enabling the light control feature, transmitting, from the central controller, at least one instruction to turn on at least one light of the air mattress system in response to determining that the user is no longer present on the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Yi-ching Chen, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140137332
    Abstract: A support surface assembly comprises a support surface and a multi-zone chamber comprising two or more inflatable bladders forming the support surface. In an example, first and second bladders of the multi-zone chamber are arranged in a head to toe configuration and are substantially free to move with respect to one another. In another example, a flexible joint is included between first and second bladders, the flexible joint including one or more releasable fasteners. In another example, a fluid communication conduit between first and second bladders couples the first and second bladders in a series fluid communication. In another example, the bladders form an array of bladders arranged in series from a head to a foot of the support surface, wherein each of the bladders has substantially the same dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Select Comfort Corporation
    Inventors: John McGuire, Saurabh Chhaparwal, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Kody Karschnik