Patent Application
20200187663
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The disclosure and prior art relates to mattress assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new mattress assembly for heating and cooling a user.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell that defines an interior space. A plurality of springs and a power module are coupled to the shell and are positioned in the interior space. Each spring extends between a bottom and top of the shell so that the springs are configured to support a user who is positioned on the top. Each of a plurality of heating elements is coupled to a respective spring. The plurality of heating elements is operationally coupled to the power module so that the power module is positioned to selectively power the plurality of heating elements to increase a temperature of the top. The top thus is configured to warm the user.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The plurality of springs 16 comprises a set of first coils 22 and a set of second coils 24. The set of first coils 22 is positioned in a plurality of first rows 26 and the set of second coils 24 is positioned in a plurality of second rows 28. Each first row 26 and each second row 28 extends from proximate to a first side 30 to proximate to a second side 32 of the shell 12. The first rows 26 and the second rows 28 are alternatingly positioned between a first end 34 and a second end 36 of the shell 12.
A power module 38 is coupled to the shell 12 and is positioned in the interior space 14. The power module 38 comprises a power cord 40. A plug 42 of the power cord 40 is configured to couple to a source of electrical current.
A battery housing 44 is coupled to the first end 34 of the shell 12. A first battery 46, which is rechargeable, is coupled to and positioned in the battery housing 44. The first battery 46 is operationally coupled to the power cord 40 to charge the first battery 46.
An aperture 48 is positioned in the battery housing 44 proximate to the first battery 46. The aperture 48 is configured to allow access to the battery housing 44 to service the first battery 46. A panel 50 is selectively couplable to the battery housing 44 to close the aperture 48.
Each of a plurality of heating elements 52 is coupled to a respective spring 16. The plurality of heating elements 52 is operationally coupled to the power module 38 so that the power module 38 is positioned to selectively power the plurality of heating elements 52 to increase a temperature of the top 20. The top 20 thus is configured to warm the user.
Each heating element 52 is coupled to a respective first coil 22. The heating element 52 is shaped complementarily to the respective first coil 22 so that the heating element 52 is in substantial contact with the respective first coil 22 from a lower endpoint 54 to an upper endpoint 56 of the respective first coil 22, as shown in
In a second embodiment, as shown in
A cooling module 64, which comprises a fan 66 as shown in
The cooling element 68 is shaped complementarily to the respective second coil 24 so that the cooling element 68 is in substantial contact with the respective second coil 24 from a lower end 70 to an upper end 72 of the respective second coil 24, as shown in
A control module 78 is coupled to the shell 12 and is positioned in the interior space 14. The control module 78 is operationally coupled to the power module 38, the cooling module 64 and the plurality of heating elements 52. The control module 78 is positioned to selectively couple the plurality of heating elements 52 and the cooling module 64 to the power module 38 to selectively increase and decrease the temperature of the top 20.
The control module 78 comprises a first housing 80 that defines a first internal space 82. The first housing 80 is coupled to the first end 34 of the shell 12, as shown in
A tubular network 88, shown in
A first dial 94 is rotationally coupled to the first housing 80, as shown in
In the second embodiment shown in
The second dial 96 is configured to be rotated to signal the first microprocessor 84 to selectively actuate the second set 60 of heating elements 52 to increase the temperature of the top 20 between the second side 32 and the midline 62 of the shell 12. The second dial 96 also is configured to be rotated to signal the first microprocessor 84 to actuate the cooling module 64 to actuate the second subset 76 of cooling elements 68 to decrease the temperature of the top 20 between the second side 32 and the midline 62 of the shell 12.
The assembly 10 comprises a remote controller 98. The remote controller 98 comprises a transmitter 100 so that the remote controller 98 is positioned to signal the control module 78, via the receiver 86, to selectively couple the plurality of heating elements 52 and the cooling module 64 to the power module 38 to increase and decrease the temperature of the top 20.
The remote controller 98 comprises a second housing 102 that defines a second internal space 104. The transmitter 100, a second battery 106, and a second microprocessor 108 are coupled to the second housing 102 and are positioned in the second internal space 104. The second microprocessor 108 is operationally coupled to the second battery 106 and the transmitter 100. A control panel 110 is coupled to an upper face 112 of the second housing 102 and is operationally coupled to the second microprocessor 108. The control panel 110 is configured to signal the second microprocessor 108 to command the transmitter 100 to signal the control module 78, via the receiver 86, to selectively couple the plurality of heating elements 52 and the cooling module 64 to the power module 38 to increase and decrease the temperature of the top 20.
The control panel 110 comprises a power button 114, a set of heat control buttons 116, and a set of cool control buttons 118, all of which are depressible. The power button 114 is configured to be depressed to signal the second microprocessor 108 to command the transmitter 100 to signal the first microprocessor 84, via the receiver 86, to power the control module 78. A respective heat control button 116 is configured to be depressed to signal the second microprocessor 108 to command the transmitter 100 to signal the first microprocessor 84, via the receiver 86, to actuate the plurality of heating elements 52 to provide an associated level of heating. A respective cool control button 118 is configured to be depressed to signal the second microprocessor 108 to command the transmitter 100 to signal the first microprocessor 84, via the receiver 86, to actuate the cooling module 64 to provide an associated level of cooling.
The set of heat control buttons 116 comprises three heat control buttons 116 that correspond to a high level of heating, a medium level of heating, and a low level of heating. The set of cool control buttons 118 comprises three cool control buttons 118 that correspond to a high level of cooling, a medium level of cooling, and a low level of cooling.
In the second embodiment shown in
In use, the user pushes the power button 114 on the control panel 110 of the remote controller 98 to power up the control module 78. The user then depresses the respective heat control button 116 to actuate the plurality of heating elements 52 to provide the associated level of heating, or the respective cool control button 118 to actuate the cooling module 64 to provide the associated level of cooling.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
