ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,687, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Purple Innovation LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Mattress with sensors" was invented by James T. Grutta (Draper, Utah), Brett Pearson (Taylorsville, Utah) and Thomas Bennett (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress includes one or more sensors. The sensor(s) may be positioned on a sleep surface of the mattress; for example, at locations where an individual's thorax and/or legs would be positioned when the individual assumes a sleeping position on the sleep surface. The sensor(s) may be positioned adjacent to an edge of the mattress, on the sleep surface or on the edge. A processor may be ass...