US 11,925,271 B2
Smooch n' snore [TM]: devices to create a plurality of adjustable acoustic and/or thermal zones in a bed
Robert A. Connor, Burnsville, MN (US)
Assigned to Sleepnea LLC, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Sleepme Inc., Mooresville, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,478.
Application 17/571,478 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/208,665, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/208,665 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/703,916, filed on May 5, 2015, granted, now 10,179,064, issued on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/991,172, filed on May 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125217 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47C 31/00 (2006.01); A47C 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 31/004 (2013.01) [A47C 21/044 (2013.01); A47C 21/048 (2013.01); A47C 31/008 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device which creates a plurality of adjustable thermal zones in a bed comprising:
a fluid cooling and/or heating unit;
a grid of fluid flow pathways in a bedding component of a bed;
a plurality of fluid flow valves on the grid of fluid flow pathways;
wherein fluid which has been cooled and/or heated by the fluid cooling and/or heating unit flows through a first set of the fluid flow pathways when a first set of the fluid flow valves have selected configuration and flows through a second set of the fluid flow pathways when a second set of the fluid flow valves have selected configurations;
wherein the cooled and/or heated fluid is retained within the grid of fluid flow pathways;
wherein the fluid flow pathways create a closed loop of cooled and/or heated fluid between the bedding component and the fluid cooling and/or heating unit;
a data processing unit which controls which fluid flow valves are in which configuration at a given time; and
a plurality of pressure sensors, wherein data from the pressure sensors is sent to the data processing unit, wherein analysis of data from the pressure sensors indicates an area directly under a person's body, and wherein the configurations of the fluid flow valves are selectively configured to direct fluid from the fluid cooling and/or heating unit through fluid flow pathways which are in the area directly under the person's body.