US Patent Issued to Sleep Number on April 22 for "Layer assembly for a bed to distribute air" (Minnesota, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,698, issued on April 22, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Layer assembly for a bed to distribute air" was invented by Matthew Griffith (Buffalo, Minn.), Natalie Negus (Minneapolis), Eric Rose (Piedmont, S.C.) and Kody Lee Karschnik (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air system for a bed can include a layer assembly having a head end, a foot end, and first and second sides, with a head portion near the head end, a foot portion near the foot end, and a middle portion between the head portion and the foot portion, the layer assembly. The layer assembly can have a spacer layer comprising spacer materia...