Adjustable bed system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10143312-B2
Application number	US-201514687633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2014
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

An articulable sleep system has a first head section, a second head section, and a joined leg section that are each separable articulable. A head motor system includes a first and second head motors operably connected to the first and second head sections. A leg motor system includes first and second leg motors operably connected to the joined leg section. A first user controlling device is hard wired to each of the first head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor. A second user controlling device hard wired to each of the second head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An articulable sleep system comprising:
a sleep system having a split head and joined leg configuration comprising a first head section, a second head section, and a joined leg section that are each separably articulable;
a head motor system comprising a first head motor operably connected to the first head section for raising and lowering the first head section independently from the second head section and a second head motor operably connected to the second head section for raising and lowering the second head section independently from the first head section;
a leg motor system comprising a first leg motor operably connected to the joined leg section for raising and lowering the joined leg section and a second leg motor operably connected to the joined leg section for raising and lowering the joined leg section;
a first user controlling device hard wired to each of the first head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor so as to control operation of the first head motor articulating the first head section and control operation of the first and second leg motors articulating the joined leg section; and
a second user controlling device hard wired to each of the second head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor so as to control operation of the second head motor articulating the second head section and control operation of the first and second leg motors articulating the joined leg section.

2. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first user controlling device is connected to the first leg motor via a first circuit, the second user controlling device is connected to the second leg motor via a second circuit, and the first circuit is connected to the second circuit via parallel connecting wires that forms a parallel connection between the first and second circuits.

3. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first user controlling device is not hard wired to the second head motor and the second user controlling device is not hard wired to the first head motor.

4. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second user controlling devices are electrically connected to the first and second head motors and first and second leg motors without a separate intervening control box.

5. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the sleep system comprises a mattress having a gap separating the first head section and the second head section.

6. The articulable sleep system of claim 4 , wherein the mattress comprises foam supporting structures and first and second inflatable air chambers supporting first and second sleep areas.

7. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first leg motor is positioned on a first side of the joined leg section and is configured to articulate the first side of the joined leg section and the second leg motor is positioned on a second side of the joined leg section and is configured to articulate the second side of the joined leg section.

8. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein a first side of the joined leg section is at the left side of the articulable sleep system and a second side of the joined leg section is at the right side of the articulable sleep system.

9. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first user controlling device is configured to transmit a first control signal to the first leg motor to articulate the joined leg section such that the first user controlling device transmits substantially the same control signal to the second leg motor to articulate the joined leg section when the first user controlling device transmits the control signal to the first leg motor, and wherein the second user controlling device is configured to transmit a second control signal to the second leg motor to articulate the joined leg section such that the second user controlling device transmits substantially the same control signal to the first leg motor to articulate the joined leg section when the second user controlling device transmits the second control signal to the second leg motor.

10. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein first and second control signals are transmitted to the first and second leg motors at substantially the same time so that motion of the first and second leg motors will be substantially synchronized and uniform.

11. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , and further comprising a frame and a plurality of foundation modules supported by the frame, the plurality of foundation modules being positioned in proximity to one another to form a foundation capable of supporting a mattress, wherein one or more of the plurality of foundation modules are interchangeable with a replacement module.

12. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first user controlling device comprises up and down first head buttons operable to short a first head circuit to drive the first head motor to articulate the first head section up and down and first legs buttons operable to short a leg circuit to drive both the first and second leg motors to articulate the joined leg section and wherein the second user controlling device comprises up and down second head buttons operable to short a second head circuit to drive the second head motor to articulate the second head section up and down and second legs buttons operable to short the leg circuit to drive both the first and second leg motors to articulate the joined leg section.

13. The articulable sleep system of claim 12 , wherein the first user controlling device comprises up and down first both buttons operable to short both the first head circuit and the leg circuit and the second user controlling device comprises up and down second both buttons operable to short both the second head circuit and the leg circuit.

14. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second user controlling devices comprise first and second remote controls.

15. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , wherein the first head motor is positioned in a movable first foundation section extending laterally along a first portion of a width of the foundation and extending longitudinally along a first portion of a length of the foundation, the second head motor is positioned in a movable second foundation section extending laterally along a second portion of the width of the foundation and extending longitudinally along the first portion of the length of the foundation, and the first and second leg motors are positioned in a movable third foundation section extending laterally across substantially the entire width of the foundation and extending longitudinally along a second portion of the length of the foundation.

16. The articulable sleep system of claim 1 , and further comprising a foundation having a movable first foundation section extending medially along a first length of the foundation, a movable second foundation section adjacent to the first foundation section and extending along the first length of the foundation, a third foundation section extending along a second length of the foundation, a movable fourth foundation section extending medially along a third length of the foundation, and a movable fifth foundation section extending medially along the third length of the foundation, wherein the first head motor, the second head motor, the third head motor, and the fourth head motor are each positioned in one or more of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth foundation sections.

17. The foundation according to claim 16 , wherein there is a first medial split betwe

Assignees

• Sleep Number Corp

Inventors

• Brosnan Aran Patrick
• Boyer Jerry
• Sponsler Mark
• Mcguire John
• Klesk John

Classifications

• A47C20/041 Primary

  by electric motors · CPC title

• A47C20/04

  with adjustable inclination (A47C20/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47C20/08

  with means for adjusting two or more rests simultaneously · CPC title