US 12,004,651 B2
Bed foundation adjustment controls
David Smith, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Antony Kirk, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,782.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,307, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192388 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 19/04 (2006.01); A47C 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 19/045 (2013.01) [A47C 31/008 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bed system comprising:
an adjustable foundation comprising:
a head section;
a foot section;
an actuation system connected to the head section and the foot section; and
a user interface having at least one adjustment bar, wherein the user interface is communicatively coupled to the actuation system such that raising a foot portion of the at least one adjustment bar signals the actuation system to raise the foot section of the adjustable foundation, raising a head portion of the at least one adjustment bar signals the actuation system to raise the head section of the adjustable foundation, lowering the foot portion of the at least one adjustment bar signals the actuation system to lower the foot section of the adjustable foundation, and lowering the head portion of the at least one adjustment bar signals the actuation system to lower the head section of the adjustable foundation, wherein the user interface is rigidly mounted to a side of the adjustable foundation.