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US 9,820,582 B2Granted
Foam spring mattress configured with variable firmness
AssigneeAscion, LLC
InventorsMartin B. Rawls-Meehan, Teng-An Chang
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of providing a bed using a plurality of interchangeable adjustable firmness springs to provide localized comfort and support to the user of the bed. The plurality of interchangeable springs may have a plurality of different firmnesses to provide customizable local comfort to a user. The foam springs are color coded based on the firmness associated with the foam spring. The foam springs have markings and/or health devices attached to an end of the foam spring.
Claims19
A method for configuring a mattress comprising:
- requesting information from a user including a size of the mattress, a preferred firmness of the mattress, and user-specific information;
- determining a foam spring configuration for the mattress including at least two individual foam springs of different firmness, the configuration including a user-specific arrangement of a plurality of foam springs including the at least two individual foam springs according to the information from the user;
- displaying a feedback screen that shows the plurality of foam springs and a foam spring configuration depicting a placement of the plurality of foam springs in the mattress according to the user-specific arrangement;
- receiving a manual modification to the foam spring configuration, the manual modification including an interchange of at least one of the plurality of individual foam springs in the foam spring configuration with a foam spring of a different firmness, thereby providing a final foam spring configuration;
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- displaying the final foam spring configuration;
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- arranging and disposing a plurality of individual foam springs within the mattress according to the final foam spring configuration.
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A method for configuring a mattress comprising:
- displaying a first screen that shows a plurality of individual foam springs arranged in a starting configuration of a bed facility;
- displaying a second screen that requests first information from a user, the first information pertaining to a size of the bed facility to be configured;
- displaying a third screen that requests second information from the user, the second information pertaining to a preferred firmness of the bed facility;
- displaying a fourth screen that requests user-specific information including at least one of size, weight, age, sleeping habits, and sleep experiences;
- determining a configuration of the plurality of individual foam springs within the bed facility, the configuration including a user-specific arrangement of the plurality of individual foam springs according to the first information, the second information, and the user-specific information;
- displaying a feedback screen that shows a plurality of individual foam springs having at least two different firmnesses and providing a location of each one of the plurality of individual foam springs according to the user-specific arrangement;
- receiving a modification including an interchange of at least one of the plurality of individual foam springs in the foam spring configuration with a foam spring of a different firmness, thereby providing a final foam spring configuration;
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- displaying a fifth screen that shows the final foam spring configuration for the bed facility;
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- arranging and disposing a plurality of individual foam springs within the bed facility according to the final foam spring configuration.
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A method for configuring a mattress comprising:
- displaying a first screen that shows a plurality of individual foam springs arranged in a starting configuration of a bed facility;
- displaying a second screen that requests first information from a user, the first information pertaining to a size of the bed facility to be configured;
- displaying a third screen that requests second information from the user, the second information pertaining to a preferred firmness of the bed facility;
- displaying a fourth screen that requests user-specific information including at least one of size, weight, age, sleeping habits, and sleep experiences;
- determining a configuration of the plurality of individual foam springs within the bed facility, the configuration including a user-specific arrangement of the plurality of individual foam springs according to the first information, the second information, and the user-specific information;
- displaying a feedback screen that shows a plurality of individual foam springs having at least two different firmnesses and providing a location of each one of the plurality of individual foam springs according to the user-specific arrangement;
- receiving a modification including an interchange of at least one of the plurality of individual foam springs in the foam spring configuration with a foam spring of a different firmness, thereby providing a final foam spring configuration;
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- displaying a fifth screen that shows the final foam spring configuration for the bed facility;
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- arranging and disposing a plurality of individual foam springs within the bed facility according to the final foam spring configuration;
- wherein the plurality of disposed foam springs includes at least one foam spring characterized by a first firmness and at least one foam spring characterized by a second firmness, wherein the first firmness is different from the second firmness, and wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness is positioned in a first region of the bed facility based on the user-specific arrangement, and wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness is positioned in a second region of the bed facility based on the user-specific arrangement;
- wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the first firmness includes a first color, the first color correlating to the first firmness;
- wherein the at least one foam spring characterized by the second firmness includes a second color, the second color correlating to the second firmness;
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- wherein the first color and the second color are different from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.