US 12,239,232 B2
Bed sensors
Kody Lee Karschnik, Plymouth, MN (US); Dillon Pedersen, Saint Paul, MN (US); Eric Rose, Piedmont, SC (US); Wade Daniel Palashewski, Andover, MN (US); and Daniel VerBockel, St. Louis Park, MN (US)
Assigned to Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,594.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,040, filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273115 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A47C 27/10 (2006.01); A47C 27/18 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/083 (2013.01) [A47C 27/10 (2013.01); A47C 27/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mattress system comprising:
a mattress comprising a top surface, a head end, a foot end, and opposite lateral ends; and
a sensor strip positioned on the top surface of the mattress, the sensor strip comprising:
a carrier strip extending at least partially between the opposite lateral ends of the mattress, the carrier strip having a longitudinal direction that extends between the opposite lateral ends of the mattress, the carrier strip comprising a first strip surface oriented to face the top surface of the mattress and a second strip surface opposite the first strip surface oriented to face away from the top surface of the mattress;
a fastener coupled to the first strip surface of the carrier strip and the mattress, the fastener configured to releasably attach the carrier strip to the mattress; and
a plurality of sensors attached to the first strip surface of the carrier strip, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the carrier strip along the first strip surface.