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Granted Patent B2
US 12,495,910 · App. 17/743,857 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Hybrid mattress

Inventors: Eric Rose (Piedmont, SC); Kody Lee Karschnik (Plymouth, MN); Chee Nong Yang (Princeton, MN)
Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
A47C27/088A47C27/062A47C27/081A47C27/18
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Patent No.
US 12,495,910
App. No.
17/743,857
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mattress has a mattress top, a mattress bottom, and a mattress perimeter. The mattress included the following features. An air chamber has an air chamber perimeter. A coiled spring perimeter includes a first set of coiled springs surrounding the air chamber perimeter. A topper portion has a support layer between the air chamber and the mattress top.

Claims (29)

1 . A method comprising:

compressing a coiled spring perimeter to a compressed state, the coiled spring perimeter comprising a first plurality of coiled springs configured to surround an air chamber of a mattress;

storing the coiled spring perimeter in the compressed state prior to forming the mattress with the coiled spring perimeter; and

forming the mattress, the mattress defining a mattress top, a mattress bottom, and a mattress perimeter including the coiled spring perimeter, wherein the mattress comprises:

the air chamber having an air chamber perimeter;

the coiled spring perimeter comprising the first plurality of coiled springs surrounding the air chamber perimeter; and

a topper portion with a topper layer between the air chamber and the mattress top.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the mattress comprises positioning the topper portion inside an interior space defined by the coiled spring perimeter, the topper portion having a geometry such that an upper surface of the topper portion is substantially in line with an upper surface of the coiled spring perimeter.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the mattress further comprises receiving a scrim between the topper portion and the air chamber.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the mattress by an adjustable foundation; and

retaining the mattress to adjustable foundation platforms of the adjustable foundation so as to retain the air chamber, the coiled spring perimeter, and the topper portion on the adjustable foundation.

5 . The method of claim 1 , and further comprising:

compressing the mattress to a compressed state that compresses the coiled spring perimeter and storing the mattress in the compressed state after forming the mattress.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the air chamber comprises a first structure; and

the coiled spring perimeter and the topper portion comprise a second structure, the topper layer connected to the coiled spring perimeter such that the second structure forms a cavity defined therein, the cavity sized to receive the first structure such that the topper portion is above the first structure and the coiled spring perimeter surrounds the air chamber when the first structure is positioned inside the second structure.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second structure defines the cavity, such that the cavity forms an upside-down cavity that covers the air chamber.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the topper portion comprises a layer of foam and a second plurality of coiled springs.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the topper layer comprises at least a first portion of the second plurality of coiled springs.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first plurality of coiled springs has a different spring rate than the second plurality of coiled springs.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the mattress further comprises a scrim between the layer of foam and the second plurality of coiled springs.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the topper portion comprises a topper portion perimeter comprising at least a second portion of the second plurality of coiled springs.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the topper portion is inset such that an upper surface of the topper portion is substantially in line with an upper surface of the coiled spring perimeter.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the coiled spring perimeter comprises a pocketed coil system, wherein coiled springs of the first plurality of coiled springs are individually pocketed.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a top of the coiled spring perimeter is connected to a bottom of the topper portion.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a mattress cover encloses the topper portion, the coiled spring perimeter, and the air chamber.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the air chamber comprises a first air chamber positioned in the mattress for supporting a first user, wherein the mattress further comprises a second air chamber positioned in the mattress for supporting a second user, and wherein both of the first and second air chambers are positioned inside the coiled spring perimeter.

18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing a means to support the mattress.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2025
From: SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 073507/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2022
From: ROSE, ERIC; KARSCHNIK, KODY LEE; YANG, CHEE NONG
To: SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060029/0552 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63191086 · May 20, 2021
Related Publication 20220369827A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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