Bed with automatically identifiable mattress type

Details Bed with automatically identifiable mattress type Bed with automatically identifiable mattress type

2007-07-09

2008-12-09

Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)

Beds

Mattress

C005S722000, C005S723000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07461425

ABSTRACT:
A bed includes a mattress having a core the core being one of at least two types. A control system is capable of automatically identifying the core type. In one variant, one core type is a bladder core type and another core type is a foam core type. The mattress may include a tag indicative of the core type and the control system may include a sensor for identifying the core type from the tag and wherein the sensor sends a signal to a controller to indicate a tag type and therefore a mattress type.

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