ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,984, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Zipper mattress attachment" was invented by Natalie Negus (Minneapolis), David Smith (Minneapolis) and Matthew Griffith (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the ...