US 12,089,747 B2
Methods and systems of an adjustable sleeping system
Robert B Duncan, Harlingen, TX (US); Matthew Hayward, Richardson, TX (US); Heather D. Benoit, Austin, TX (US); Mark W. Foohey, Austin, TX (US); and J. Kevin Gentry, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Harlingen, TX (US)
Filed by SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Harlingen, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/714,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,629, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0187664 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. A47C 27/06 (2006.01); A47C 23/00 (2006.01); A47C 23/04 (2006.01); A47C 27/045 (2006.01); A47C 31/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 27/061 (2013.01) [A47C 23/002 (2013.01); A47C 27/045 (2013.01); A47C 27/065 (2013.01); A47C 31/123 (2013.01); A61H 23/004 (2013.01); A61H 23/0254 (2013.01); A47C 23/04 (2013.01); A47C 27/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0443 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable sleeping system, comprising: a bed frame extending along a length L of the sleeping system; rows of adjustable spring modules, each row is detachably mounted to a respective rail, and each rail extends along a width W of the sleeping system that is transverse to the length L, each row is located in a respective shroud such that each adjustable spring module in a row is separated from the others in the row by the respective shroud and, collectively, the shrouds are discrete and independent of each other for each row, such that the rows can be detachably installed in and removed from the bed frame independently of each other; each adjustable spring module comprises: a motor having a rotor, and a stator coupled to a respective rail for a respective row, such that all of the motors in the respective row are coupled to the respective rail; a lead screw coupled to the rotor of the motor; a spring plate coupled to the lead screw; and a spring coupled to the spring plate; and the adjustable sleeping system further comprises: a bed controller communicatively coupled to each adjustable spring module, and the bed controller is configured to selectively control a load carried by each adjustable spring module and the bed frame comprises a first frame and a second frame that is parallel to the first frame, the first and second frames differ from each other and are asymmetric relative to each other, the first and second frames extend along the length L beneath the adjustable sleeping system, and the first and second frame are spaced apart from each other by less than the width W of the sleeping system; each rail of adjustable spring modules is coupled on top of the first and second frames; the first frame comprises an upwardly projecting wall with a hinge receptacle for each of the respective rails; and each rail comprises a downwardly extending leg with a hinge protrusion that extends into a respective hinge receptacle in the upwardly projecting wall, wherein the respective hinge receptacle and the respective hinge protrusion are configured to rotate respective rails.