ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,033, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Headboard with back light strip" was invented by Carli Hill (Oxnard, Calif.) and Joseph Ermalovich (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are bed systems having a headboard, backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard, and a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights that can drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting. The backward facing lights can be recessed into the back side of the headboard. The backward facing lights can provide ambient lighting when controlled by the con...