Climate controlled mattress assembly and related method
AssigneeTempur-Pedic Management, LLC
InventorsKelly Wood Chandler, Mark Ewin Wilder
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Abstract
Mattress assemblies are provided that make use of air bladders to provide a level of climate control to the mattress assemblies. The mattress assemblies include a body supporting portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an air bladder positioned adjacent to the second surface of the body supporting portion, a frame portion including a bottom surface and a border defining a well for receiving the air bladder, and an air pump that is operably connected to a climate control system for delivering heated or cooled air into the air bladder. A method of controlling the temperature of a mattress assembly is also provided.
Claims7
A method of controlling the temperature of a mattress assembly, comprising:
- providing a mattress assembly including a body supporting portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an air bladder positioned adjacent to the second surface of the body supporting portion, and a frame portion including a bottom surface and a border defining a well for receiving the air bladder;
- and
- delivering air into the air bladder, such that heat dissipates into the air bladder when the body supporting portion has a temperature greater than that of the air bladder, and such that heat dissipates into the body supporting portion when the air bladder has a temperature greater than that of the body supporting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.