Patent ID: 8909357

Claim:
A control system, comprising: a first communication system adapted to communicate between a handheld remote control and a first adjustable bed controller mounted to a first adjustable bed facility, the first adjustable bed controller adapted to adjust, following receipt of a repositioning command from the handheld remote control, a position of a first adjustable bed facility bed segment; and a second communication system adapted to communicate between the first adjustable bed controller of the first adjustable bed facility and a second adjustable bed controller mounted to a second adjustable bed facility, the second adjustable bed controller adapted to adjust, following receipt of the repositioning command transmitted from the first adjustable bed controller, a position of a second adjustable bed facility bed segment; wherein: the first adjustable bed facility and the second adjustable bed facility are arranged in an adjacent, side-by-side arrangement; and the second communication system is adapted to communicate information related to synchronizing a motion of the first and second adjustable bed facilities to move as a single object and optionally one or more of implementing a safety feature, communicating an error, communicating a software update, communicating a preference, communicating a setting, and communicating a report.