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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Dreamwell, Ltd., Doraville, GA (US);
Michael S. DeFranks, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rahul Kirtikar, Atlanta, GA (US);
DREAMWELL, LTD., Doraville, GA (US);
Abstract
Active comfort controlled bedding systems include a variable firmness control and/or variable climate control. The active comfort controlled bedding systems generally include a plurality of air bladders, each one of the plurality of air bladders includes a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure within a respective air bladder. A control unit configured to selectively operate a pump and valves to sequentially adjust a pressure in two or more of the plurality of air bladders having an applied load of an end user thereon to provide a repeating pattern within the two or more plurality of air bladders, wherein the repeating pattern is defined by a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected one of the plurality of air bladders followed a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected other one of the plurality of air bladders to provide a massaging action.