ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,835, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Bed with foot warming system" was invented by Kody Lee Karschnik (Maple Grove, Minn.), Omid Sayadi (San Jose, Calif.), Wade Daniel Palashewski (Andover, Minn.), Ramazan Demirli (San Jose, Calif.), Eric Rose (Piedmont, S.C.) and Saurabh Chhaparwal (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed can include a mattress and a foot warming system. The mattress can include a mattress cover and a support structure that is positioned under and covered by the mattress cover. The foot warming system can include a heating unit an envelope, a power source, and an elec...