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US 8,407,835 B1Granted
Configuration-changing sleeping enclosure
AssigneeMedibotics LLC
InventorRobert A. Connor
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Abstract
This invention is a sound-insulating enclosure that contains at least one bed, in which one or more people sleep, wherein the configuration of this enclosure automatically changes from a more-closed configuration to a more-open configuration over time, or vice versa. These changes in configuration can be in response to sounds or can occur in a pre-programmed manner.
Claims14
A sound-insulating sleeping enclosure, in which one or more people sleep, with a configuration that changes automatically, comprising:
- a sound-monitoring means;
- a sound-insulating sleeping enclosure, in which one or more people sleep, wherein this sleeping enclosure contains at least one bed, wherein this sleeping enclosure has inflatable parts whose inflation increases the degree to which the enclosure encloses one or more sleepers, and wherein these inflatable parts are inflated automatically in response to sounds monitored by the sound-monitoring means so as to change the configuration of the enclosure from a more-open configuration to a more-closed configuration;
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- an active ventilation system, wherein circulation of fresh air through the enclosure by this active ventilation system is automatically increased in response to sounds monitored by the sound-monitoring means.
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A sound-insulating sleeping enclosure, in which one or more people sleep, with a configuration that changes automatically, comprising:
- a sound-identification means, wherein this sound-identification means analyzes sound patterns to identify a specific type of sound selected from the group consisting of:
- music;
- noise from a train, road traffic, or air traffic;
- sirens;
- manufacturing equipment;
- a human voice;
- human snoring;
- and a barking dog;
- a sound-insulating sleeping enclosure, in which one or more people sleep, wherein this sleeping enclosure contains at least one bed, wherein this sleeping enclosure has moving parts whose movement changes the degree to which the enclosure encloses one or more sleepers, and wherein these moving parts move automatically so as to change the configuration of the enclosure from a more-closed configuration to a more-open configuration, or vice versa;
- and wherein the moving parts move automatically in response to a specific type of sound selected from the group consisting of:
- music;
- noise from a train, road traffic, or air traffic;
- sirens;
- manufacturing equipment;
- a human voice;
- human snoring;
- and a barking dog;
- and
- an active ventilation system, wherein circulation of fresh air through the enclosure by this active ventilation system is automatically activated or increased in response to a specific type of sound selected from the group consisting of:
- music;
- noise from a train, road traffic, or air traffic;
- sirens;
- manufacturing equipment;
- a human voice;
- human snoring;
- and a barking dog.
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