ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,951, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Bed connection interface" was invented by Kody Lee Karschnik (Plymouth, Minn.) and Matthew Griffith (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an air duct system that can be easily, quickly, and securely installed and removed from modular air controllers at bed systems. The bed can include a mattress, foundation, air duct hose, hose retainer, and attachment plate. The foundation can support the mattress on a first foundation side and can define a foundation aperture extending between the first foundation side and a second foundation sid...