An adjustable bed includes a stationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by the frame and pivotally coupled to the head deck mattress support member, a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly and to the first mattress support member. The adjustable bed may be such that detection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of the first mattress support member with respect to the second mattress support member. The sensor assembly may further be adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person and actuation of the motorized drive assembly may move the first mattress support member between an inclined position and a horizontal flat position. The sensor assembly may further be adapted, after cessation of the snoring sound for a specific length of time, to return the first mattress support member to the horizontal flat position.
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0. 29. An adjustable bed comprising:
a stationary frame having a pair of opposed side rails, a head end rail and a foot end rail;
a pair of generally inverted u-shaped seat tubes pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame;
a head deck board;
a seat deck board secured to said seat tubes and hingedly secured to said head deck board;
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and
a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly and comprising a pair of lever arms pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame and a motor secured to one of the lever arms for rotating a drive tube extending between the lever arms, said lever arms being operatively coupled to said head deck board, wherein activation of said motorized drive assembly causes movement of at least one of said deck boards,
wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
0. 36. An adjustable bed comprising:
a stationary frame;
a pair of generally inverted u-shaped foot tubes pivotally secured to said frame;
a pair of generally inverted u-shaped seat tubes pivotally secured to said frame;
a seat deck board secured to said seat tubes;
a foot deck board secured to said foot tubes, a leg deck board hingedly secured to and positioned between said seat deck board and said foot deck board;
a head deck board hingedly secured to said seat deck board;
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and
a motorized drive assembly comprising a pair of lever arms pivotally secured to said frame and a motor for rotating a drive tube extending between the lever arms, said lever arms being operatively coupled to said head deck board, wherein activation of said motorized drive assembly causes said head deck board to move between an inclined position and a flat position,
wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said head deck board with respect to at least one other of said deck boards along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
0. 21. An adjustable bed comprising:
a stationary frame having a pair of opposed side rails, a head end rail and a foot end rail;
a pair of generally inverted u-shaped foot tubes pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame;
a pair of generally inverted u-shaped seat tubes pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame;
a head deck board;
a seat deck board secured to said seat tubes and hingedly secured to said head deck board;
a leg deck board hingedly secured to said seat deck board;
a foot deck board hingedly secured to said leg deck board and secured to said foot tubes;
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and
a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly and comprising a pair of lever arms pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame and a motor secured to one of the lever arms for rotating a drive tube extending between the lever arms, said lever arms being operatively coupled to said head deck board, wherein activation of said motorized drive assembly causes movement of at least one of said deck boards,
wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
1. An adjustable bed comprising:
a stationary frame;
a first head deck mattress support member supported by said frame;
a second seat deck mattress support member supported by said frame and pivotally coupled to said first mattress support member;
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and
a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly and to said first mattress support member;
wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said first mattress support member with respect to said second mattress support member along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
2. The adjustable bed of
3. The adjustable bed of
4. The adjustable bed of
5. The adjustable bed of
said first mattress support member comprises a first edge;
said second mattress support member comprises a second edge generally parallel to and adjacent said first edge; and
said first and second mattress support members are pivotally coupled along said first edge.
6. The adjustable bed of
7. The adjustable bed of
8. The adjustable bed of
9. The adjustable bed of
10. The adjustable bed of
11. The adjustable bed of
12. An adjustable bed comprising:
a stationary frame;
a first head deck mattress support member supported by said frame;
at least one other mattress support member supported by said frame, said at least one other mattress support member being pivotally coupled to said first mattress support member;
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and
a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly and to said first mattress support member;
wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said first mattress support member with respect to said at least one other mattress support member along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
13. The adjustable bed of
14. The adjustable bed of
15. The adjustable bed of
16. The adjustable bed of
17. The adjustable bed of
said first mattress support member comprises a first edge;
one of said at least one other support mattress member comprises a second edge generally parallel to and adjacent said first edge; and
said first mattress support member and said one of said at least one other mattress support member are pivotally coupled along said first edge.
18. The adjustable bed of
19. The adjustable bed of
20. The adjustable bed of
0. 22. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person.
0. 23. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein said relative movement comprises incremental relative movements of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board.
0. 24. The adjustable bed of claim 21 further comprising a remote control unit configured to control relative movement of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board.
0. 25. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processor operative to receive a signal from said sensor assembly and when a specific set of logic conditions is met, send a signal to said motorized drive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of said head deck board.
0. 26. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein the detection by said sensor assembly of cessation of said snoring sound for a predetermined length of time activates said motorized drive assembly to cause said head deck board to be moved back from the inclined position to the horizontal flat position.
0. 27. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein said seat deck board moves towards said head end rail and lowers when said head deck board is inclined.
0. 28. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein said seat deck board, said leg deck board and said foot deck board each moves toward said head end rail when said head deck board is inclined.
0. 30. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person.
0. 31. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said relative movement comprises incremental relative movements of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board.
0. 32. The adjustable bed of claim 29 further comprising a remote control unit configured to control relative movement of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board.
0. 33. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processor operative to receive a signal from said sensor assembly and when a specific set of logic conditions is met, send a signal to said motorized drive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of said head deck board.
0. 34. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein the detection by said sensor assembly of cessation of said snoring sound for a predetermined length of time activates said motorized drive assembly to cause said head deck board to be moved back from the inclined position to the horizontal flat position.
0. 35. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said seat deck board moves towards said head end rail and lowers when said head deck board is inclined.
0. 37. The adjustable bed of claim 36 further comprising a remote control unit configured to control relative movement of said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board.
0. 38. The adjustable bed of claim 36 wherein said seat deck board, said leg deck board and said foot deck board each moves when said head deck board is inclined.
0. 39. The adjustable bed of claim 36 wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person.
0. 40. The adjustable bed of claim 36 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processor operative to receive a signal from said sensor assembly and when a specific set of logic conditions is met, send a signal to said motorized drive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of said head deck board.
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, any other methods and/or components for securing the foot tubes 52 to the foot deck board 40 may alternatively be used.
Two seat tubes or connectors 62 are pivotally secured to the side rails 22 of the stationary frame 16 with fasteners 63 so that each pivots about a horizontal pivot axis 64. Each seat tube 62 has a center portion 66 and a pair of leg portions 68 extending downwardly from opposed ends of the center portion 66. The center portion 66 of each of the foot tubes 62 is secured to the seat deck board 36 with clips 70. Clips 70 are secured to the lower surface 45 of the seat deck board 36. Although each seat tube 62 is illustrated being secured to two clips 70, any other methods and/or components for securing the seat tubes 62 to the seat deck board 36 may alternatively be used.
With reference to
With reference to
The output of the electric motor 86 drives or rotates a drive tube 88 that extends between the upper ends 82 of the lever arms 78. The electric motor 86 may be powered by a power supply 96 and may be controlled via a sensor assembly including, for example, a microphone 100 coupled to a processor 90. The power supply 96, microphone 100 and the processor 90 may be electrically powered, via respective connections, to a power source such as one in the form of a wall outlet 120. The electric motor 86 may be further controlled via a remote unit 130 coupled to a control unit 92 with a line 94.
With continued reference to
With reference to
The processor 90 may be configured to cause actuation of the electric motor 86 in one direction so as to cause the change in position described above from the fully horizontal position (
With continued reference to FIGS. 23 2-3, the processor 90 may be also configured such that after a predetermined length of time without detected snoring, it causes the head deck board 34 to return from any starting position between the fully horizontal position (
Movement of the head deck board 34 between the fully horizontal position (
With continued reference to
The adjustable bed 10 may be also moved from its fully inclined position (
Accordingly, many further embodiments, applications and modifications of the invention will become readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the invention which is intended to be defined by the claims appended hereto.
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