Patent ID: 6378152
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A control system for a variable firmness mattress structure comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart, transversely extending air bladders and an air supply for filling each bladder to a respective desired air pressure to support a user at a desired mattress firmness, the control system comprising:an air controller cooperating with the air supply for filling the air bladders to desired air pressures; and a hand-held controller in communication with the air controller, the hand-held controller being configured to receive a first input from the user indicating that a first desired mattress firmness currently exists and to transmit to the air controller a first signal corresponding to the first input, wherein the first desired mattress firmness corresponds to a first set of respective desired air pressures in the bladders, and being further configured to receive a second input from the user indicating a desire to restore the first desired mattress firmness and to transmit to the air controller a second signal corresponding to the second input; wherein the air controller responds to the second signal by restoring the first set of respective desired air pressures in the bladders.