DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A PLUNGER MATRIX MATTRESS
First Claim
1. A display system for displaying at least a portion of an underside of a mattress, the display device comprising:
- a camera capturing images of an underside of a mattress;
a monitor in communication with the camera displaying the images captured by the camera;
wherein mattress comprises a matrix of plungers forming an impression of a weight bearing object positioned on the mattress through depression the bottom sides of a portion of the plungers underlying object; and
the monitor is positioned for viewing the images captured by the camera from a top side of the mattress.
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Abstract
A point-of-sale demonstration systems aids in marketing of plunger matrix mattresses, which include an array of independently movable foam padded plungers visible on the underside of the mattress. The demonstration system includes a display system for viewing the underside of the plunger matrix mattress allowing a person sitting or lying on the mattress to readily view the impression created by their body weight on the plungers. The display system includes a camera positioned to image the underside of the mattress and a monitor (display screen) positioned for viewing by a person lying on the mattress so that they can see the deflection in the bottom of the plungers caused by their own weight on the mattress. Seeing the image of the downwardly displaced plungers immediately conveys the operation of the plunger matrix mattress to the viewer. The system may also be configured to capture individual frames and video images, store the images, transmit the images, and edit as desired, for example by zooming, cropping, changing the speed of the video, and so forth.
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20 Claims
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1. A display system for displaying at least a portion of an underside of a mattress, the display device comprising:
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a camera capturing images of an underside of a mattress; a monitor in communication with the camera displaying the images captured by the camera; wherein mattress comprises a matrix of plungers forming an impression of a weight bearing object positioned on the mattress through depression the bottom sides of a portion of the plungers underlying object; and the monitor is positioned for viewing the images captured by the camera from a top side of the mattress. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A point-of-sale demonstration system for a mattress, comprising:
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a demonstration sample plunger matrix mattress; a camera positioned capturing images of an underside of the mattress; a monitor in communication with the camera configured to display the images captured by the camera; wherein mattress comprises a matrix of plungers forming an impression of a weight bearing object positioned on the mattress through depression the bottom sides of a portion of the plungers underlying object; and the monitor is positioned for viewing the images captured by the camera from a top side of the mattress. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for demonstrating operation of a plunger matrix mattress, comprising:
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providing a demonstration sample plunger matrix mattress in a location available to retail shoppers; positioning a camera to capturing images of an underside of the mattress; connecting a monitor in communication with the camera configured to display the images captured by the camera; positioning the monitor is for viewing the images captured by the camera from a vantage point of a person sitting or lying on the mattress; and causing a potential customer to sit or lie on the mattress while viewing the monitor displaying an impression created by the person'"'"'s body weight through deflection of bottom ends of plungers of the mattress under the body weight of the person. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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