Zipper mattress attachment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11497322-B2
Application number	US-202017036541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Nov 15, 2019
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the second zipper can connect a foundation to the first zipper. For another example, first and second zippers can be substantially vertically aligned.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bed system comprising:
an adjustable foundation;
a mattress positioned on the adjustable foundation, wherein the mattress has a head end and a foot end; and
a zipper that extends along longitudinal sides of the mattress from the head end to the foot end of the mattress and connects the mattress to the adjustable foundation, wherein the zipper terminates near the head end and the foot end of the mattress, wherein the zipper comprises a first zipper tape attached along a seam of an underside of the mattress and a second zipper tape attached along a seam of a top of the adjustable foundation, wherein the first and second zipper tapes include first and second teeth, respectively, and the second teeth are configured to engage the first teeth.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the zipper connecting the mattress to the adjustable foundation is configured to retain the mattress to the adjustable foundation when the adjustable foundation is actuated to raise at least one of the head end and the foot end of the mattress.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable foundation provides at least one articulation point, and wherein the zipper extends across the at least one articulation point.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the adjustable foundation comprises a platform with at least a head panel, a middle panel, and a foot panel, wherein at least one panel is raised or lowered when the adjustable foundation is actuated, and wherein the articulation point is positioned between the head panel and the middle panel such that the zipper extends along a portion of the head panel, across the articulation point, and along a portion of the middle panel.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an air chamber within the mattress, wherein a second zipper connects the air chamber to an interior portion of the mattress.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the zipper connecting the mattress to the adjustable foundation is substantially vertically aligned in a stack with the second zipper connecting the air chamber to the interior portion of the mattress.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the second zipper is attached along a seam of a bottom of the air chamber.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a mattress cover surrounding the mattress, wherein the zipper is attached to the mattress cover and configured to couple the mattress cover to the top of the adjustable foundation at a bottom of the mattress.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the zipper is attached along a seam of an exterior underside of the mattress cover at a location spaced inward from a perimeter of the mattress.

10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the second zipper is attached at a corner of the air chamber.

11. The system of claim 5 , further comprising an upside down foam tub positioned above the air chamber, wherein the upside down foam tub has an opening at a bottom of the upside down foam tub sized to receive the air chamber in the upside down foam tub.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable foundation further comprises:
an actuator; and
a controller operably connected to the actuator and configured to drive the actuator to actuate at least one portion of the adjustable foundation between a lower position and an upper position.

13. The system of claim 5 , further comprising an air controller having a pump fluidly connected to the air chamber, wherein the air controller is configured to adjust a fluid pressure within the air chamber.

14. A bed system comprising:
an adjustable foundation having first and second foundation fabric portions connected at a first seam that is spaced inward from a perimeter of the adjustable foundation;
a mattress positioned on the adjustable foundation, wherein the mattress has a head end and a foot end, wherein the mattress further has first and second mattress fabric portions connected at a second seam that is spaced inward from a perimeter of mattress; and
a zipper that extends from the head end to the foot end of the mattress and connects the mattress to the adjustable foundation, wherein the zipper comprises a first zipper tape attached along the second seam and a second zipper tape attached along the first seam, wherein the first and second zipper tapes include first and second teeth, respectively, and the second teeth are configured to engage the first teeth, wherein the first zipper tape is attached to the underside of the mattress at the second seam that is spaced inward from the perimeter of the mattress by sewing the first zipper tape into the second seam and wherein the second zipper tape is attached to a top of the adjustable foundation at first seam that is spaced inward from the perimeter of the adjustable foundation by sewing the second zipper tape into the first seam.

Assignees

• Sleep Number Corp

Inventors

• Negus Natalie
• Smith David
• Griffith Matthew

Classifications

• A47C21/026 Primary

  Pillow holders; Mattress holders · CPC title

• A47C31/023 Primary

  connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like · CPC title

• A47C27/001

  with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover · CPC title

• A47C19/021

  Bedstead frames · CPC title

• A47C27/002

  Mattress or cushion tickings or covers · CPC title