ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,763, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Controlling a bed remotely" was invented by Jessica Lynn Dixon (Ramsey, Minn.), Stacy Stusynski (Blaine, Minn.), Natalie Negus (Minneapolis), Jeffrey Scott Hartzler (Minneapolis) and Cory Lee Grabinger (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control for a bed system is described. The remote control includes a case, a display screen, a first input area, at least one capacitive button, and a communications module. The case has a base surface, a display surface, and an upper surface. The display screen is on the display surface. The first inp...