IP Library Granted Patent US 12,029,322
Granted Patent B2
US 12,029,322 · App. 18/086,104 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Headboard with back-facing lights

Inventors: Carli Hill (Oxnard, CA); Joseph Ermalovich (Santa Barbara, CA)
Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
A47C21/003A47C31/008
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Patent No.
US 12,029,322
App. No.
18/086,104
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described are bed systems having a headboard, backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard, and a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights that can drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting. The backward facing lights can be recessed into the back side of the headboard. The backward facing lights can provide ambient lighting when controlled by the controller. The controller can determine when a user of the bed system is waking up and control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a wakeup routine for the user. The controller can also determine when the user is going to sleep and control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a sleep routine for the user. The backward facing lights can be LED strips positioned inside an extruded channel in the back side of the headboard.

Claims (31)

1. A bed system comprising:

a headboard;

backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard; and

a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights and configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine when a user of the bed system is waking up based on sensed data; and

control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a wakeup routine for the user, wherein the circadian lighting that corresponds to the wakeup routine for the user is brighter, stronger, and cooler shades of light than circadian lighting that corresponds to a sleep routine for the user, wherein the backward facing lights are configured to provide lighting that reflects off a wall opposite the back side of the headboard at an angle within a range of 96 degrees to 120 degrees.

2. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the backward facing lights are recessed into the back side of the headboard.

3. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the backward facing lights are inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard by 25 mm to 250 mm.

4. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide ambient lighting.

5. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the backward facing lights are LED strips.

6. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the backward facing lights are recessed into the back side of the headboard by 0 mm to 50 mm, wherein the backward facing lights are inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard by 25 mm to 250 mm, and wherein the controller is configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide ambient lighting.

7. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the backward facing lights comprise one or more LED strips inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard along at least three edges of the perimeter, wherein the one or more LED strips are recessed into a channel formed in the back side of the headboard.

8. A bed system comprising:

a headboard;

backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard; and

a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights and configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine when a user of the bed system is going to sleep based on sensed data; and

control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a sleep routine for the user, wherein the circadian lighting that corresponds to the sleep routine for the user is less bright, less strong, and warmer shades of light than circadian lighting that corresponds to a wakeup routine for the user, wherein the backward facing lights are configured to provide lighting that reflects off a wall opposite the back side of the headboard at an angle within a range of 96 degrees to 120 degrees.

9. The bed system of claim 8 , wherein the backward facing lights are recessed into the back side of the headboard by 0 mm to 50 mm, wherein the backward facing lights are inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard by 25 mm to 250 mm, and wherein the controller is configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide ambient lighting.

10. The bed system of claim 8 , wherein the backward facing lights comprise one or more LED strips inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard along at least three edges of the perimeter, wherein the one or more LED strips are recessed into a channel formed in the back side of the headboard.

11. A bed system comprising:

a headboard;

backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard; and

a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights and configured to drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting, wherein the backward facing lights are configured to provide lighting that reflects off a wall opposite the back side of the headboard at an angle within a range of 96 degrees to 120 degrees.

12. The bed system of claim 11 , further comprising a mattress positioned at a front side of the headboard.

13. The bed system of claim 11 , further comprising a foundation operably connected to the headboard.

14. The bed system of claim 11 , wherein the backward facing lights are recessed into the back side of the headboard by 0 mm to 50 mm.

15. The bed system of claim 11 , wherein the backward facing lights are positioned inside an extruded channel in the back side of the headboard, the extruded channel being flush with the back side of the headboard.

16. The bed system of claim 15 , wherein the extruded channel includes a plastic panel that covers the backward facing lights when the backward facing lights are positioned inside the extruded channel, wherein the plastic panel is configured to diffuse the circadian lighting that is emitted by the backward facing lights.

17. The bed system of claim 11 , wherein a top portion of the headboard is wider than a bottom portion of the headboard such that the headboard is maintained in a substantially straight plane and is tilted downwards towards a ground on which the bed system rests.

18. The bed system of claim 11 , wherein the backward facing lights comprise one or more LED strips inset from a perimeter of the back side of the headboard along at least three edges of the perimeter, wherein the one or more LED strips are recessed into a channel formed in the back side of the headboard.

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 Jan 26, 2023
From: HILL, CARLI; ERMALOVICH, JOSEPH
To: SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062499/0525 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63295221 · Dec 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230210269A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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