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US 12,538,984 B2Granted
Zipper mattress attachment
AssigneeSleep Number Corporation
InventorsNatalie Negus, David Smith, Matthew Griffith
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Abstract
A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the second zipper can connect a foundation to the first zipper. For another example, first and second zippers can be substantially vertically aligned.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover partially surrounding the mattress core;
- and first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper directly connects the mattress core to the second zipper and wherein the second zipper directly connects the foundation to the first zipper;
- wherein the first zipper extends substantially a full length of the mattress core.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover covering the mattress core;
- and
- first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper connects the mattress core to the second zipper and wherein the second zipper connects the foundation to the first zipper;
- wherein the first zipper extends substantially a full length of the mattress core;
- wherein the mattress further comprises an upside down foam tub configured to be positioned on top of the mattress core.
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A system comprising:
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover covering the mattress core;
- and
- first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper connects the mattress core to the second zipper and wherein the second zipper connects the foundation to the first zipper;
- wherein the first zipper extends substantially a full length of the mattress core;
- wherein the first zipper is configured to connect an exterior underside of the mattress core to an interior portion of the mattress cover and wherein the second zipper is configured to connect an exterior portion of the mattress cover to the foundation.
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A system comprising:
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover covering the mattress core;
- and
- first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper connects the mattress core to the second zipper and wherein the second zipper connects the foundation to the first zipper;
- wherein the first zipper extends substantially a full length of the mattress core;
- wherein the first zipper comprises first and second zipper tapes, wherein the first zipper tape is sewn to a bottom portion of the mattress core to connect the first set of teeth to the mattress core and the second zipper tape is sewn along a seam of the mattress cover to connect the second set of teeth to the mattress cover.
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A system comprising,
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover covering the mattress core;
- and
- first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper connects the mattress core to the mattress cover and wherein the second zipper connects the foundation to the mattress cover.
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A system comprising,
- a foundation;
- a mattress having a mattress core and a mattress cover covering the mattress core, wherein the mattress cover defines first and second zipper holes;
- and
- first and second zippers, wherein the first zipper has first and second sets of teeth and the second zipper has third and fourth sets of teeth, wherein the first zipper connects the mattress core to the foundation through the first zipper hole and wherein the second zipper connects the mattress core to the foundation through the second zipper hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.