US Patent Issued to Sleep Number on April 15 for "Climate controlled bed with fluid distribution member" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,365, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Climate controlled bed with fluid distribution member" was invented by Michael J. Brykalski (South Lyon, Mich.), John Terech (Milan, Mich.) and Dusko Petrovski (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to certain arrangements, a climate controlled bed includes an upper portion comprising a core with a top core surface and a bottom core surface. The core includes at least one passageway extending from the top core surface to the bottom core surface. The upper portion of the bed further includes at least one fluid distribution member positioned...