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US 12,642,364 B2Granted
Personalized pillow and/or mattress selection
AssigneeDreamwell, Ltd.
InventorVictor Ray Prince
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Abstract
Processes for personalizing a mattress or pillow for a consumer generally includes analyzing data identifying one or more target areas based on surface temperature and/or pressure on a consumer's existing mattress and additively manufacturing a lattice structure to address the one or more target areas so to provide support, pressure point relief, and/or a desired temperature modulation.
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A mattress selection process for a consumer, the process comprising:
- providing a smart mattress topper to the consumer configured to be overlayed on an existing mattress, the smart topper comprising a plurality of sensors configured to measure temperature and/or pressure, and a storage medium and/or data transfer device coupled to the sensors for collecting data generated by the sensors during one or more sleep cycles;
- overlaying the smart mattress topper onto a sleeping surface of the existing mattress;
- recording surface temperature, pressure, and movement data during one or more sleep cycles on the existing mattress by the consumer;
- analyzing the data to identify one or more target areas associated with one or more of surface temperature, pressure, or mattress support;
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- manufacturing a custom mattress assembly for the consumer, the custom mattress assembly including at least one additively manufactured lattice structure provided at a location associated with the one or more target areas discovered during the one or more sleep cycles of the consumer, wherein the at least one additively manufactured lattice structure is configured to change a temperature profile, a pressure profile, and/or a support profile of the consumer at the target area in the mattress assembly relative to the existing mattress.
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A process for customizing an existing mattress, the process comprising:
- receiving data related to a consumer's mattress preferences, the mattress preferences comprising at least one deficiency in the consumer's existing mattress;
- determining a lattice layer structure configured to overlay at least a portion of an existing mattress based on the consumer's mattress preferences, the lattice layer structure customized to mitigate the at least one deficiency in the consumer's existing mattress;
- additively manufacturing the lattice structure layer;
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- placing the additively manufactured lattice structure layer on or in the existing mattress, thereby personalizing at least one characteristic of the existing mattress.
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A pillow selection process for a consumer, the process comprising:
- providing a smart pillowcase to the consumer configured to be encapsulate an existing pillow, the smart pillowcase comprising a plurality of sensors configured to measure temperature and/or pressure, and a storage medium and/or data transfer device coupled to the sensors for collecting data generated by the sensors during one or more sleep cycles;
- inserting the existing pillow into the smart pillowcase;
- recording surface temperature, pressure, and movement data during one or more sleep cycles on the existing pillow of the consumer;
- analyzing the data to identify one or more target areas associated with one or more of surface temperature, pressure, or pillow support;
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- additively manufacturing a custom pillow including a lattice structure configured to change a temperature profile, a pressure profile, and/or a support profile at the one or more target areas discovered during the one or more sleep cycles of the consumer relative to the existing pillow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.