ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,714, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Modular air control system for bed" was invented by Cory Lee Grabinger (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Matthew Griffith (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a bed system having a foundation with first and second foundation sides and a support surface that can support a mattress on the first foundation side and defining a foundation aperture extending between the first and second foundation sides, an air controller having an outlet to cause air to flow out of the air controller through the outlet, and a controller retainer fixed to the fo...