US 11,786,044 B2
Adjustable foundation with service position
Bruce William Gaunt, Albertville, MN (US)
Assigned to Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,253.
Application 17/582,253 is a continuation of application No. 16/930,680, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,229,297.
Application 16/930,680 is a continuation of application No. 15/806,810, filed on Nov. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,729,253, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/419,710, filed on Nov. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322840 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 20/04 (2006.01); A47C 19/02 (2006.01); A47C 31/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A47C 27/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 20/041 (2013.01) [A47C 19/025 (2013.01); A47C 27/082 (2013.01); A47C 27/083 (2013.01); A47C 27/10 (2013.01); A47C 31/008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foundation for a bed system, the foundation comprising:
a set of deck panels comprising at least a head deck panel, a second deck panel, and a foot deck panel, wherein the foot deck panel comprises a foot edge that is positioned nearest a foot end of the foundation;
a first linkage arm pivotably connected to a bottom surface of the foot deck panel, wherein the first linkage arm comprises a first end, a second end, a first arm portion proximate the first end, and a second arm portion proximate the second end, and a bend portion between the first arm portion and the second arm portion, wherein the first linkage arm extends from the first end toward the second end such that the second end is closer to the foot end of the foundation than is the first end, wherein the second end of the first linkage arm is pivotably connected to the foot deck panel; and
an actuator configured to raise and lower the foot deck panel between upper and lower positions, wherein the foot deck panel is configured to move to a service position that is further than the upper position in response to a user manually moving the foot deck panel to the service position and wherein the foot deck panel exposes and permits access to a controller positioned proximate the foot end of the foundation when the foot deck panel is in the service position.