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US 2011/0252562 A1Published application
Adjustable-firmness body support and method
OwnerTom D. Mikkelsen, Kelly W. Chandlerinventors
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Abstract
A body support assembly includes a layer including a visco-elastic foam, a heating element in thermal communication with the foam, a temperature sensor, such as a Peltier device, in thermal communication with the foam, and a controller coupled to the sensor and programmed to control the heating element based on input from the sensor, wherein the Peltier device is operable to heat and cool the foam.
Claims16
A body support assembly comprising:
- a layer comprising visco-elastic foam;
- a heating element in thermal communication with the foam;
- a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the foam;
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- a controller coupled to the sensor and programmed to control the heating element based on input from the sensor.
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A body support assembly comprising:
- a layer comprising foam;
- a Peltier device in thermal communication with the foam;
- a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the foam;
- and
- a controller coupled to the sensor and programmed to control the Peltier device based on input from the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.