US Patent Issued to Sleep Number on July 15 for "Bed microclimate control" (Minnesota, South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,098, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Bed microclimate control" was invented by Kody Lee Karschnik (Plymouth, Minn.), Chee Nong Yang (Princeton, Minn.), Eric Stephen Rose (Piedmont, S.C.), Caleb Siffring (Victoria, Minn.), Alexander Norell (San Jose, Calif.) and Reuben Wesley Meline (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mat...