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US 2009/0013475 A1Published application
Reclining Means
OwnerArno Friedrichsinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a reclining means which has a mattress with a multiplicity of air chambers arranged in lattice form. Also provided is a mattress-profile memory which stores, for each of the air chambers, valve-control data corresponding to a mattress profile. The reclining means also has a data-carrier holder, into which a data carrier can be inserted, and means for writing valve-control data into a data carrier inserted into the data-carrier holder, as well as means for reading valve-control data which are stored on a data carrier inserted into the data-carrier holder.
Claims10
1:
- Lying-down means comprising
- a mattress (1) with a plurality of air chambers (2) in grid arrangement and each having a respective air connection (6),
- a plurality of controllable valves (3) each associated with a respective one of the air chambers,
- a mattress profile memory (12) in which valve control data corresponding with a mattress profile are stored for each of the air chambers and
- a control unit (4) which actuates the valves in dependence on the valve control data,
- wherein
- the control unit (4) is connected by way of a line (30) with a data interface (31, 32;
- 34), by way of which for its part it is connectable in wire-free manner with a data carrier (33) or with a mobile communications apparatus (35) having a memory.
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2:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein the data interface comprises:
- a data carrier receptacle (31), into which a data carrier is insertable,
- means (32) for writing a data carrier, which is inserted in the data carrier receptacle, with valve control data and
- means (32) for reading valve control data stored on a data carrier inserted into the data carrier receptacle.
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3:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein the data interface (34) is a WLAN interface.
4:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein the data interface (34) is a Bluetooth interface.
5:
- Lying-down means according to claim 2, wherein the data carrier receptacle is a memory card receptacle and the data carrier is a memory card.
6:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein it comprises input means (13), through the actuation of which valve control data corresponding with the mattress profile are selectable.
7:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a display (5) on which one or more different mattress profiles are offered for selection and that one or more of these mattress profiles are selectable by way of the input means for the purpose of issue of the associated valve control data in wire-free form by way of the data interface.
8:
- Lying-down means according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a display (5) on which one or more different mattress profiles are offered for selection and that one or more of these mattress profiles are selectable by way of the input means for the purpose of reading the associated valve data.
9:
- Lying-down means according to claim 6, wherein the input means (13) are further provided for input of mattress profile distinguishing data.
10-12. (canceled)