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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014
Applicants:

Select Comfort Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Bam Labs, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rob Nunn, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Wade Daniel Palashewski, Andover, MN (US);

Yi-ching Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Steven Young, Campbell, CA (US);

Carl Hewitt, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignees:

Select Comfort Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

SleepIQ Labs Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 21/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A47C 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 21/003 (2013.01); A47C 21/04 (2013.01); A47C 27/081 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example, this disclosure describes a method including determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, whether a user is present on a mattress of the air mattress system, initiating a timer in response to determining that the user is present on the mattress, enabling a light control feature of the air mattress system upon determining that the user is present on the mattress after expiration of the timer, and after enabling the light control feature, transmitting, from the central controller, at least one instruction to turn on at least one light of the air mattress system in response to determining that the user is no longer present on the mattress.


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