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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary N. Garcia Molina, Madison, WI (US);
Yuki Hino, Dublin, CA (US);
Dillon Pedersen, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Shawn Barr, San Jose, CA (US);
Kody Lee Karschnik, Plymouth, MN (US);
Farzad Siyahiani, San Jose, CA (US);
Cory Lee Grabinger, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Temperature sensors are configured to sense a temperature for the sleeper and transmit temperature readings. A controller is configured to receive temperature readings; and send to a heating subsystem instructions to initiate a warming process that raises a distal temperature of the sleeper more than a proximal temperature of the sleeper. The heating subsystem that may include a heating element that, when engaged, can raise the distal temperature of the sleeper more than the proximal temperature of the sleeper.