US 12,185,839 B2
Mattress controller with alert system
Rob Nunn, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Wade Daniel Palashewski, Andover, MN (US); Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Rogers, MN (US); Stacy Marie Stusynski, Blaine, MN (US); Steven Jay Young, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Carl Hewitt, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,676.
Application 18/234,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/871,788, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 11,766,136.
Application 16/871,788 is a continuation of application No. 16/227,977, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,646,050, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/227,977 is a continuation of application No. 14/209,222, filed on Mar. 13, 2014, granted, now 10,182,661, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/781,266, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032705 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A47C 27/04 (2006.01); A47C 27/10 (2006.01); A47C 27/12 (2006.01); A47C 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/083 (2013.01) [A47C 31/00 (2013.01); A47C 27/04 (2013.01); A47C 27/082 (2013.01); A47C 27/088 (2013.01); A47C 27/10 (2013.01); A47C 27/12 (2013.01); A47C 31/008 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/15 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A central controller comprising:
a pump configured to be fluidly connected to a pad of a mattress, wherein the pad has a first zone and a second zone and is configured to receive a fluid to be pushed through the pad;
a temperature controller configured to alter a temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
at least one processor; and
computer memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a user alarm setting to wake up a user of the mattress, wherein the user alarm setting comprises a wake time, a wake temperature, and a wake motion at a first level;
store, to computer memory, the user alarm setting;
adjust the temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress to the wake temperature by pushing the fluid to at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad; and
initiate the wake motion to at least a portion of the pad at the first level, wherein the temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress is configured to reach the wake temperature by the wake time of the user alarm setting and the wake motion is configured to be initiated at substantially the same time that the wake temperature is reached.