Patents Assigned to Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC
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Patent number: 10124515Abstract: A pillow is provided that includes a foam core and a gel insert molded to each side of the foam core. Methods of producing a pillow are further provided and include a step of providing a foam molding system having a top mold defining a plurality of air ports and a bottom mold defining a plurality of air ports. A vacuum is applied to the plurality of air ports in both the top mold and bottom mold, and a gel insert is then positioned against each of the plurality of air ports. A foam precursor is subsequently dispensed into the bottom mold atop the gel insert, and the top mold is secured to the bottom mold. The foam precursor then expands within the foam molding system and bonds with the two gel inserts to produce a pillow having a gel insert molded to each side of the pillow.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventor: James T. Ives
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Patent number: 10058188Abstract: An adjustable mattress foundation includes a frame having at least one movable frame portion, a panel coupled for movement with the movable frame portion, an actuator supported upon the frame and operable to selectively incline the at least one movable frame portion, and a vibration motor assembly coupled to the panel. The vibration motor assembly includes a vibration motor and a cover at least partially enclosing the vibration motor. The cover includes an outer shell and a liner at least partially positioned within the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Jennifer Lynn Tarplee, John Brent Conkle, Thomas Allen Zakowski, Jr., George Harry Kormanos, Maurice B. Bastarache, Joshua B. Nudelman
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Patent number: 10028873Abstract: An adjustable bed foundation comprises an outer support structure including a head rail, a foot rail, and two parallel side rails. A first pair of cross members extends perpendicularly between the parallel side rails, while a second pair of cross members extends perpendicularly between the first pair of cross members. An articulating frame, which includes a stationary section and a rotating head section pivotally connected to the stationary section, is secured to the second pair of cross members such that the rotating head section extends towards the head rail. The adjustable bed foundation also includes a platform secured to the articulating frame. Adjustable bed assemblies are further provided and include a mattress positioned atop the platform of the adjustable bed foundation.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Horace R. Eskridge, III, Paul E. Griese, Leslie A. Burton, Mario A. G. Nava
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Publication number: 20180184811Abstract: An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Mario A.G. Nava, Horace R. Eskridge, III, Samuel K. Pollock, Daniel S. Powell, Michael Lay, Leslie A. Burton, Paul E. Griese, Daniel Boyko, Gerald J. Mullins, Voleti Lohit, Gary Lee Noe, Chi L. Chau, Heather P. Shimonishi, Jonathan D. Riley, Jean C. Deboard, Aaron M. Lambert, Shalom D. Greene, Joshua O. Coots
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Patent number: 9997089Abstract: A cover assembly for a mattress is provided that includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a continuous side panel collectively defining a cavity for enclosing the mattress. The second cover includes a top surface and a bottom surface, with the second cover being positioned over and dimensionally-sized to cover at least the top panel of the first cover. A fastener then connects the second cover to the first cover along the perimeter of the second cover. Methods for marking a mattress are also provided that include the step of marking an indicia indicative of a characteristic of a mattress on the top surface of the second cover of the cover assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Ida T. Jensen, Elger Oberweiz, Thomas D. C. Overthun, Martin Schnitzer, Kara W. Johnson
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Patent number: 9980578Abstract: A body support cushion, e.g., mattress, has multiple foam layers, including a viscoelastic foam layer and a reticulated foam layer, and an outer cover. At least one of the foam layers and the outer cover each includes phase change material having latent heat properties that provide two intervals of dermal cooling.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Tom Mikkelsen, Christopher Anthony Arendoski, Kelly Wood Chandler, Stephen Watson Switzer, Mohamed F. Alzoubi
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Publication number: 20180140106Abstract: Systems and methods of personalizing pressure settings in a mattress assembly are provided. The systems include a mattress assembly having an air bladder, a relief valve for deflating the air bladder, a pump for inflating the air bladder, a pressure sensor for providing pressure change data, and a controller for controlling the inflation and the deflation of the air bladder, in the methods, the air bladder is inflated to an initial pressure and a particular user is positioned on the mattress assembly. Pressure change data for the air bladder is then collected and is used to determine a minimum personalized pressure for the air bladder for the particular user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventor: Micah A. KAUFMAN
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Patent number: 9955791Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Kelly Wood Chandler, Mark Ewin Wilder
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Publication number: 20180103770Abstract: An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Mario A.G. Nava, Horace R. Eskridge, III, Samuel K. Pollock, Daniel S. Powell, Michael Lay, Leslie A. Burton, Paul E. Griese, Daniel Boyko, Gerald J. Mullins, Voleti Lohit, Gary Lee Noe, Chi L. Chau, Heather P. Shimonishi, Jonathan D. Riley, Jean C. Deboard, Aaron M. Lambert, Shalom D. Greene, Joshua O. Coots
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Publication number: 20180103769Abstract: An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Mario A.G. Nava, Horace R. Eskridge, III, Samuel K. Pollock, Daniel S. Powell, Michael Lay, Leslie A. Burton, Paul E. Griese, Daniel Boyko, Gerald J. Mullins, Voleti Lohit, Gary Lee Noe, Chi L. Chau, Heather P. Shimonishi, Jonathan D. Riley, Jean C. Deboard, Aaron M. Lambert, Shalom D. Greene, Joshua O. Coots
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Publication number: 20180103768Abstract: An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Mario A.G. Nava, Horace R. Eskridge, III, Samuel K. Pollock, Daniel S. Powell, Michael Lay, Leslie A. Burton, Paul E. Griese, Daniel Boyko, Gerald J. Mullins, Voleti Lohit, Gary Lee Noe, Chi L. Chau, Heather P. Shimonishi, Jonathan D. Riley, Jean C. Deboard, Aaron M. Lambert, Shalom D. Greene, Joshua O. Coots
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Publication number: 20180098637Abstract: A support cushion is provided for moving an amount of air through the support cushion. The support cushion includes a body supporting layer having a removable portion, an upper base layer defining one or more air conduits In fluid communication with the removable portion, a lower base layer defining a cavity, and a bottom layer. A fan is positioned within the cavity such that the fan is in fluid communication with the one or more air conduits defined by the upper base layer. The fan is thus capable of drawing air from the top surface of the body supporting layer, through the removable portion, through the one or more air conduits in the upper base layer, and exhausting the air into the bottom layer. Methods of actively ventilating a support cushion are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Paul E. Griese, Daniel S. Powell, Leslie A. Burton, Mario A.G. Nava
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Patent number: 9913546Abstract: A support cushion for converting a temperature difference into an electrical voltage is provided. The support cushion includes a body supporting portion, a heat dissipating portion comprised of a thermally-absorbent material and positioned adjacent to the body supporting portion, and a plurality of thermoelectric elements that are positioned and configured to convert a temperature difference between the body supporting portion and the heat dissipating portion into an electric voltage at a charging port. Methods of converting a temperature difference into an electric voltage are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventor: Kelly Wood Chandler
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Patent number: 9848711Abstract: A mattress assembly includes a first layer of viscoelastic foam defining an upper surface, and a second layer of non-viscoelasiic foam supporting the first layer. The mattress assembly also includes a plurality of static spring elements positioned beneath the upper surface for enhancing a firmness of the combined first and second layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Tyler W. Kilgore, Christopher Arendoski, Mohamed F. Alzoubi
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Publication number: 20170245664Abstract: A pillow includes an inferior portion and an outer portion. The interior portion is comprised of a first flexible foam, while the outer portion is comprised of a second flexible foam having a density different than that of the first flexible foam. Methods of producing a pillow are also provided whereby either a first foam precursor is dispensed into a central portion of a mold to provided a first flexible foam, or a pre-formed foam insert comprised of a first flexible foam is placed into a central portion of a mold. A second foam precursor is then subsequently dispensed into a peripheral portion of the mold to produce a second flexible foam having a density different than that of the first flexible foam. Upon reaction and expansion of the foam precursors, a molded foam pillow is produced having dual densities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventor: James T. Ives
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Patent number: 9675189Abstract: A cover assembly for a mattress is provided that includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a continuous side panel collectively defining a cavity for enclosing the mattress. The second cover includes a top surface and a bottom surface, with the second cover being positioned over and dimensionally-sized to cover at least the top panel of the first cover. A fastener then connects the second cover to the first cover along the perimeter of the second cover. Methods for marking a mattress are also provided that include the step of marking an indicia indicative of a characteristic of a mattress on the top surface of the second cover of the cover assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Ida T. Jensen, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas D. C. Overthun, Martin Schnitzer, Kara W. Johnson
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Patent number: D805327Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay
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Patent number: D811776Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay
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Patent number: D823029Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Ida T. Jensen, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas D. C. Overthun, Eric Lopez, Isabela Dias de Mello Sa, Martin Schnitzer, Thomas Brisebras, Kara W. Johnson
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Patent number: D833778Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay