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US 11,779,125 B2Granted
Bed
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDaewoong Kim, Minkyu Oh, Deukwon Lee, Yongnam Kim, Seongwoo An, Yanghwan No, Jeaseok Seong
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Abstract
A bed includes a mattress set, an adjustable bedframe to adjust a position or orientation of the mattress, and a dryer to dry the mattress set. The dryer includes a fan, a filter, and a heater to discharge filtered hot air toward the dryer. A humidity sensing sheet may be provided to sense a humidity level at different regions or areas of the bed, and the dryer may be controlled to supply hot air to regions of the bed having a higher humidity level than a predetermined humidity level or humidity range.
Claims18
A bed, comprising:
- a mattress;
- and
- a dryer configured to support and dry the mattress, the dryer including:
- a support having a top plate supporting the mattress and a side wall extending downward from the top plate and provided on a floor surface, the side wall spacing the top plate apart from the floor surface and having at least one side opening to allow a flow of air into the support;
- a first fan and a second fan provided inside of the support, each of the first fan and the second fan having an inlet to suction air and at least one outlet to discharge air;
- at least one supply duct coupled to the outlet of the first fan and the second fan;
- a first air dispenser and a second air dispenser penetrating the top plate of the support to couple to an outlet of the supply duct, the first and second air dispensers being provided at a position outside of the mattress to discharge air toward the mattress, wherein the side wall of the support includes two short sides facing each other and two long sides facing each other and extending between the two short sides, the first air dispenser is provided at one of the short sides, and the second air dispenser is provided is at one of the long sides;
- and
- a suction duct provided in the support, the suction duct including at least one suction port provided at the at least one side opening of the side wall, and a top surface having mounting holes in which bottoms of the first and second fans are mounted to couple the inlets of the first and second fans to the suction duct.
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A bed, comprising:
- a mattress;
- a main frame provided below the mattress;
- a guard surrounding the main frame, the guard having a plurality of legs to space the main frame apart from a floor surface;
- and
- a dryer configured to dry the mattress, the dryer including:
- at least one fan provided at a bottom surface of the main frame, the fan having an inlet to suction air and at least one outlet to discharge air;
- at least one supply duct coupled to the outlet of the fan;
- and
- at least one air dispenser coupled to an outer side of the guard and communicating with an outlet of the supply duct, the air dispenser having a discharge port formed in a side surface to discharge air toward the mattress,
- wherein the air dispenser includes a pop-up duct, a motor to move the pop-up duct in a vertical direction, and an elastic member is configured to support the motor and to be compressed when a downward force is applied to the pop-up duct such that the motor and the pop-up duct descend together in response to the downward force.
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A bed, comprising:
- a main frame having a first frame rotatably coupled to a second frame such that a posture of the main frame is adjustable;
- a plurality of cushions provided above the main frame and having at least one elastic member;
- at least one drive configured to adjust a firmness of at least some of the plurality of cushions;
- a support provided on a floor surface and configured to support the main frame, the support having an inner space provided under the main frame;
- at least one fan provided in the inner space of the support to suction air;
- at least one supply duct coupled to an outlet of the fan and having at least one section extending in a longitudinal direction of the main frame;
- at least one pop-up duct configured to discharge air received from the supply duct;
- a motor configured to raise and lower the pop-up duct with respect to the main frame;
- and
- a spring configured to be compressed and move the motor when a downward force is applied to the pop-up duct.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.