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US 10,588,419 B2Granted
Bedding climate control apparatus and method to operate thereof that incudes a retention unit to retain in position both a flexible air conduit and bedding
AssigneeBedjet LLC
InventorMark Darius Aramli
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Abstract
A bedding climate control apparatus that delivers, in a quiet manner, forced airflow from a fan/blower within a housing to selectively deliver tempered (heated via a thermal element) forced airflow and non-tempered (room temperature) forced airflow through a flexible air conduit to bedding. A retention unit holds the flexible air conduit in position against movement and simultaneously retains the bedding in place.
Claims12
A method of assembly of a bedding climate control apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- stabilizing a paddle of a retention unit in position underneath and against an underside of a mattress;
- grasping a periphery of an air conduit with an open ring-shaped segment of the retention unit, the open ring-shaped segment defining a space into which fits the air conduit, the open ring-shaped segment extending outward from a riser of the retention unit, the riser elevating the open ring-shaped segment relative to that of the paddle by vertically rising from the paddle to the open ring-shaped segment, the open ring-shape segment having free ends between which is a gap;
- retaining bedding in position with clamps or clips in a manner that provides access to a space within the bedding;
- positioning a bedding climate control device that includes a blower or a fan and a thermal element so as to discharge forced airflow into the air conduit that is heated as warranted by the thermal element;
- inflating the space within the bedding by forced airflow that travels through the air conduit and into the space;
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- changing a temperature of the inflated space over time by imparting heat from the thermal element into the forced airflow, the thermal element being arranged so that the forced airflow comes into contact with the thermal element.
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A bedding climate control apparatus, comprising:
- a retention unit that has a paddle arranged in a manner that stabilizes the retention unit in position underneath and against an underside of a mattress and that has an open ring-shaped segment that grasps a periphery of an air conduit at a location spaced away from an outlet of the air conduit, the open ring-shaped segment defining a space into which fits the air conduit, the open ring-shaped segment extending outward from a riser of the retention unit, the riser elevating the open ring-shaped segment relative to that of the paddle by vertically rising from the paddle to the open ring-shaped segment, the open ring=shaped segment having free ends between which is defined a gap;
- clamps or clips that retain bedding in position in a manner that provides access to a space within the bedding, and
- a bedding climate control device that includes a blower or a fan and a thermal element operative to discharge forced airflow into the air conduit that is heated as warranted by the thermal element, the air conduit being arranged to pass the forced airflow into the space within the bedding to inflate same, the bedding climate control device being operative to change a temperature of the inflated space over time by imparting heat from the thermal element into the forced airflow, the thermal element being arranged so that the forced airflow comes into contact with the thermal element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.