US 2,011,115,635 · Filed 2010-05-06
The Climate-Controlled Bed Patent That Lets You Chill (Or Warm) Your Side
Imagine a bed that automatically heats or cools different zones—your side stays at your perfect temperature while your partner's stays at theirs. This patent covers the whole system: the water tubes that move hot or cold liquid, the smart controls you use to adjust it, and the temperature sensors that keep everything dialed in.
The plain-English version
What it protects
The claim covers a bed system with separate heating and cooling zones, each controlled by a fluid module (tubes carrying heated or cooled water or similar liquid), thermoelectric devices that warm or cool that fluid on demand, temperature sensors that monitor each zone, and a control module that lets an occupant choose settings and automatically adjusts the fluid temperature based on what the sensors read. What's protected here is the combination of these elements working together—the method of dividing a bed into climate zones and automatically regulating them based on user input and real-time temperature feedback.
Why it matters
Climate-controlled beds address a real comfort problem: couples and individuals have different temperature preferences, and standard bedding can't accommodate that. By patenting the integrated system of zones, sensors, and automatic adjustment, the inventors protect a product category that can command premium pricing. The patent covers not just the hardware but the control logic—how the system responds to user input and sensor data—which makes it harder for competitors to copy without licensing or inventing around it.
Real-world use
When you climb into a high-end smart bed, press a remote to set your side to 68 degrees while your partner sets theirs to 72, and wake up in the morning having maintained your preferred temperature all night, you're using the exact system this patent describes.
Original USPTO abstract
A climate-conditioned bed includes an upper portion having at least a first climate zone and at least one fluid module associated with such a first climate zone. The fluid module comprises a fluid transfer device for selectively moving a fluid and a thermoelectric device for selectively heating or cooling a fluid. The bed additionally includes one or more control modules configured to regulate the operation of the fluid module, at least one input device configured to allow an occupant to select a setting or mode associated with the first climate zone and at least a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature associated with the first climate zone of the thermally-conditioned bed. In some embodiments, the fluid module is operatively connected to the control module. The control module is configured to adjust at least one operational parameter of the fluid module based on, at least in part, the setting or mode selected by an occupant using the at least one input device, and the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 2,011,115,635
- Filing date
- 2010-05-06
- Grant date
- Application — not yet granted
- Assignee
- Dusko Petrovski / Barry Steele / Michael Brykalski / John Terech / David Marquette
- Inventor(s)
- PETROVSKI DUSKO, STEELE BARRY, BRYKALSKI MICHAEL, TERECH JOHN, MARQUETTE DAVID
- CPC class
- A47C21/044
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