Partner snore feature for adjustable bed foundation

• US 10,058,467 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
• Inventors: Stusynski, Stacy, Chen, Yi-ching, McGuire, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Sosnowski, David E
• Application Number:
  US14/624,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20150157519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 5618, 5613, 5617, 5616, 5619, 5697, 5713
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/041 by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/008 Use of remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 Control or drive mechanisms

Abstract

A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.

Claims

1. A sleep system comprising:

a mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant;

an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section;

an articulation controller for controlling the articulation system;

a first user controller configured to transmit a first set of one or more articulation control signals to the articulation controller to cause the articulation controller to control the articulation to articulate the first section within a first range of articulation positions;

wherein the first user controller is further configured to provide a user selectable predetermined position control that, when selected, causes the first user controller to transmit a second set of one or more articulation control signals to the articulation controller to cause the articulation controller to control the articulation system to articulate the second section to a predetermined articulation position, wherein the predetermined articulation position can only be selected from a second range of articulation positions, the second range of articulation positions having a maximum articulation angle of no more than about 15°

from horizontal wherein the articulation controller is further configured to receive a third set of one or more articulation control signals from a second user controller, such that the third set of one or more articulation control signals cause the controller to control the articulation system to articulate the second section within a third range of articulation positions in response to receiving the third set of one or more articulation control signals from the second user controller.

2. The sleep system of claim 1, wherein the first set of one or more articulation control signals are configured to cause the articulation system to articulate the first section to one or more articulation positions of a set of multiple discrete articulation positions within the first range of articulation positions.

3. The sleep system of claim 1, wherein the second range of articulation positions ranges from about 5°

to about 15°

from horizontal.

4. The sleep system of claim 1, wherein the first range of articulation positions has a maximum articulation angle that is no greater than about 60°

from horizontal.

5. A sleep system comprising:

a mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant; and

an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, the articulation system configured to receive a first set of one or more articulation control signals, the articulation system further configured to articulate the first section within a first range of articulation positions in response to receiving the first set of one or more articulation control signals;

wherein the articulation system is further configured to receive a second set of one or more articulation control signals and to articulate the second section to a predetermined articulation position in response to receiving the second set of one or more articulation control signals, wherein the predetermined articulation position can only be selected from a second range of articulation positions, the second range of articulation positions having a maximum articulation angle of no more than about 15°

from horizontal;

wherein the articulation system is further configured to receive a third set of one or more articulation control signals and to articulate the second section within a third range of articulation positions in response to receiving the third set of one or more articulation control signals; and

wherein the first set of one or more articulation control signals and the second set of one or more articulation control signals are generated and transmitted by a first user controller and the third set of one or more articulation control signals are generated and transmitted by a second user controller.

6. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the articulation system is further configured to articulate the first section to a particular articulation position of a set of multiple discrete articulation positions within the first range of articulation positions in response to receiving the first set of one or more articulation control signals.

7. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the second range of articulation positions ranges from about 5°

to about 15°

from horizontal.

8. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the first range of articulation positions has a maximum articulation angle that is no greater than about 60°

from horizontal.

9. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the articulation system is further configured to articulate the first section to a first articulation position of a first set of multiple discrete articulation positions within the first range of articulation positions in response to receiving the first set of one or more articulation control signals;

and

wherein the articulation system is further configured to articulate the second section to a second articulation position of a second set of multiple discrete articulation positions within the third range of articulation positions in response to receiving the third set of one or more articulation control signals.

10. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the first range of articulation positions and the third range of articulation positions each has a maximum articulation angle that is no greater than about 60°

from horizontal.

11. The sleep system of claim 5, wherein the articulation system is further configured to receive a fourth set of one or more articulation control signals from the second controller and to articulate the first section to another predetermined articulation position in response to receiving the fourth set of one or more articulation control signals, wherein the another predetermined articulation position can only be selected from a fourth range of articulation positions, the fourth range of articulation positions having a maximum articulation angle of no more than about 15°

from horizontal.

12. A sleep system comprising:

a mattress;

an articulation system configured to receive a first set of one or more articulation control signals from a first user controller and to articulate at least a first portion of the mattress within a first range of articulation positions in response to receiving the first set of one or more articulation control signals;

wherein the articulation system is further configured to receive a second set of one or more articulation control signals from the first user controller and to articulate at least a second portion of the mattress to a predetermined articulation position in response to receiving the second set of one or more articulation control signals, wherein the predetermined articulation position can only be selected from a second range of articulation positions, the second range of articulation positions having a maximum articulation angle of no more than about 15°

from horizontal; and

wherein the articulation system is further configured to receive a third set of one or more articulation control signals from a second user controller and to articulate the second portion of the mattress within a third range of articulation positions in response to receiving the third set of one or more articulation control signals from the second user controller.

13. The sleep system of claim 12, wherein the second range of articulation positions ranges from about 5°

to about 15°

from horizontal.

14. The sleep system of claim 12, wherein the first range of articulation positions has a maximum articulation angle that is no greater than about 60°

from horizontal.

15. The sleep system of claim 12, wherein the first portion is different than the second portion.

16. The sleep system of claim 12, wherein the mattress includes a first sleep area for a first occupant and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant.