ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,986, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bedgear LLC (Farmingdale, N.Y.).
"Bedding system and method" was invented by Eugene Alletto Jr. (Glen Head, N.Y.) and Lorenzo Turicchia (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bedding system includes a mattress having a sleep surface including a plurality of air transfer ports. An encasement encloses the sleep surface. The encasement includes an air flow port. The air flow port is configured to be coupled to a pressure generator so that air drawn into the pressure generator is pulled into the air transfer ports or air that is forced into the encasement is forced out of the air transfer...