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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Antony Kirk, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Joseph Ermalovich, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Carli Hill, Oxnard, CA (US);
Lori Maclachlan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are bed systems with a foundation having first and second side rails opposite each other and a pocket integrated into an exterior side of at least the first side rail at a distance from a head section of a mattress that is less than a distance from a foot section of the mattress. The pocket can include an inner pocket smaller than the pocket and positioned inside the first pocket. The pocket can include a charging port housing and a charging port supported by the charging port housing. The charging port can be a USB and/or USB-C port. The first side rail can also include a wireless charger and transmitter (e.g., induction charger) integrated therein for providing induction charging to a user device placed inside the pocket. The wireless charger and transmitter can be integrated into a structure of the first side rail at a location opposite the pocket.