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Adjustable mattress and pillow system

  • US 7,107,642 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2004
  • Issued: 09/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adjustable mattress and pillow system comprising:

  • (a) a mattress which adapts, based on a user'"'"'s pose on the mattress and in response to variation of the pose, to an optimum contour for support of the user'"'"'s body, the mattress comprising a mattress top face and a mattress bottom face, the mattress top face being covered in part by an electrically conductive sensing mat having a mat top outer face for receiving and supporting the user'"'"'s body and a mat bottom outer face in substantial contact with the mattress top face, the mat comprising an electrically conductive elastomeric membrane which exhibits a decreasing electrical resistance when compressed and which covers in part the mat top outer face;

    (b) one or more inflatable mattress compartments located within the mattress, the compartments being positioned between the top face and the bottom face of the mattress and connected to a fluid reservoir for receiving and discharging a fluid;

    (c) a pillow which is positioned on the top face of the mattress and which adapts to an optimum contour for support of the user'"'"'s head and neck in response to variation of the user'"'"'s pose on the mattress, the pillow comprising a top face for supporting the user'"'"'s head and neck and a bottom face in contact with the mattress top face;

    (d) one or more inflatable pillow compartments located within the pillow, the compartments being positioned between the top face and the bottom face of the pillow and connected to the fluid reservoir for receiving and discharging the fluid to vary a contour of the top face of the pillow in response to variation in the user'"'"'s pose on the mattress;

    (e) a pumping/control unit under microprocessor control and positioned remotely from the mattress and the pillow, the microprocessor control being in electrical contact with the mat for receiving and processing electrical signals from the mat, the pumping/control unit being connected to the fluid reservoir and the inflatable mattress compartments and the inflatable pillow compartments for transmitting the fluid from the reservoir to one or more of the compartments and for discharging the fluid from one or more of the compartments to the reservoir, wherein when the user reclines upon the mattress and the pillow, the microprocessor control;

    (1) receives electrical input signals from the electrically conductive sensing mat which vary in relationship to the width of an area of the mat compressed by the user and the pressure exerted on the electrically conductive sensing mat as the pose of the user shifts;

    (2) processes the input signals pursuant to preprogrammed instructions; and

    (3) transmits an output signal to the pumping/control unit, and wherein depending upon the output signal, fluid is either transmitted from the reservoir by the pumping/control unit to one or more of the inflatable mattress compartments or the inflatable pillow compartments, or is discharged from one or more of the inflatable mattress compartments or the inflatable pillow compartments by the pumping/control unit to the reservoir to optimize the contours of the mattress and the pillow relative to the pose of the user on the mattress and in response to variation of the pose.

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