US 2,014,277,822 · Filed 2014-03-13
The Smart Mattress Patent That Learns Your Perfect Sleep Setup
Imagine a bed that remembers exactly how firm you like it and automatically adjusts itself when you get home from school or at bedtime. This patent covers a system that learns your sleep preferences and triggers adjustments to an air mattress based on conditions you set — like time of day or location.
The plain-English version
What it protects
The claim covers a method for storing customized sleep settings tied to specific trigger conditions, then automatically activating those settings when the conditions are met. What's protected here is the ability to receive a bed configuration preference, pair it with a trigger (like 'when I arrive home' or 'at 10 PM'), create a sleep profile from that pairing, monitor for when the trigger happens, and then send a signal to an inflatable mattress component to adjust to the stored setting without manual intervention.
Why it matters
As sleep tracking and smart home technology grew in the 2010s, the ability to automate personal comfort settings became valuable intellectual property. This patent protects the logic of condition-triggered automation in adjustable beds, which prevents competitors from copying the exact method of learning preferences and applying them hands-free. It's a building block for the broader smart furniture category.
Real-world use
When you set your mattress to be extra firm on weeknights for better posture and softer on weekends for comfort, a system like this would detect the day and automatically switch without you touching anything.
Original USPTO abstract
A method may include receiving a setting for a component of a bed architecture and a trigger condition for the setting; generating a sleep profile with the setting and trigger condition; activating the sleep profile when the trigger condition has been met; and based on the activation of the sleep profile, transmitting a signal to the component to adjust to the setting.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 2,014,277,822
- Filing date
- 2014-03-13
- Grant date
- Application — not yet granted
- Assignee
- Rob Nunn / Wade Daniel Palashewski / Matthew Wayne Tilstra / Stacy Stusynski / Steven Young / Carl Hewitt
- Inventor(s)
- NUNN ROB, PALASHEWSKI WADE DANIEL, TILSTRA MATTHEW WAYNE, STUSYNSKI STACY, YOUNG STEVEN, HEWITT CARL
- CPC class
- A47C27/083
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