Interactive air bed
AssigneeSelect Comfort Corporation
InventorsPaul J. Mahoney, Peter S. Bils, Troy C. Lanz, Sr., Robert Ostman
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Abstract
An air bed having a pump and a relief valve is operably connected with a control box. The control box is capable of being programmed or receiving scripted information from a media file such that timed pressure changes may be made in the air bed by operation of the pump and the relief valve. These changes are synchronized with a message being played by a media player. Thus the air bed interacts with a person lying on the bed. This interaction is used, preferably in a sales setting, to convey information to the person about the operation and features of the air bed.
Claims24
An interactive air bed comprising:
- an inflatable bladder;
- a fluid pump in fluid communication with the bladder;
- a relief valve in fluid communication with the bladder;
- a control box, operably connected to the fluid pump, the control box having:
- at least one microprocessor;
- a power supply;
- a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the bladder;
- a relay operably connected to the pressure relief valve;
- a manual remote control operably connected with the control box;
- an audio player operably connected to the control box;
- at least one speaker operably connected to the audio player.
A method of communicating a message to a person laying on an air bed comprising:
- providing an audio player operably connected to a control box of the air bed;
- playing the message with the audio player upon sensing that the person is laying on the air bed;
- synchronizing the message with changes in fluid pressure in the air bed.
An interactive air bed comprising:
- an inflatable bladder;
- an first means for increasing a fluid pressure inside of said bladder;
- a second means for decreasing said fluid pressure inside of said bladder;
- a third means for controlling said first means and said second means;
- a fourth means for communicating a message to a person lying on said mattress, said fourth means operably connected to said third means such that said third means is capable of operating said first means and said second means in correspondence with said message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.