Health Bed Device for Actively Supporting Neck and Shoulder and Method thereof

Abstract

A health bed device for actively supporting neck and shoulder and a method thereof mainly comprises a head air bladder set and a neck and shoulder air bladder set installed in the top surface, near a front end, of a cushion in a mattress. The head air bladder set is not aerated, and the neck and shoulder air bladder set is full of air. Each air bladder of the head air bladder set and the neck and shoulder bladder set is connected to an aerating / deflating device through air tubes. The air tubes are connected to a control device, so the control device derives the aerating / deflating device to aerate or deflate the air bladders of the head air bladder set and the neck and shoulder air bladder set. Each air tube is connected to a pressure sensor. When a pressure sensor detects the pressure of a air bladder increasing suddenly, it can determine that a user changes his / her sleep position from lying on his / her back to lying on his / her side. The air bladders whose pressures increased are the air bladder pressed by the user. Meanwhile, the control device derives the aerating / deflating device to automatically decrease the pressures inside the air bladders to setting values, and to aerate the air bladders of the head air bladder set to setting value so as to reduce the pressure on the user's shoulder.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates generally to a health bed device for actively supporting neck and shoulder and a method thereof, and more specifically, to a device and a method that detects a pressure value of each air bladder with pressure sensors to determine whether a user change his / her sleep position from lying on his / her back to lying on his / her side and automatically reduces the pressure on the user's shoulder.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]There are a variety of prior health beds, such as memory beds, is energy beds, etc. A common point of such health beds is that these beds passively support a user. That is, springs inside the beds are the device to support a user's body. In fact, the springs are compressed by the user's body weight and cannot actually support the user's body. Therefore, these health beds cannot solve a user's sleep problems.[0005]In order to solve the problem of passive support of the prior...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]One object of this invention is to provide a health bed device for actively supporting a user's neck and shoulder and a method thereof. By detecting whether pressure values of the air bladders of a neck and shoulder air bladder set rise suddenly, it can determine whether a user change his / her sleep position from lying on his / her back to lying on his / her side. If a user's sleep position is determined to be lying on his / her side, the pressure values of the air bladders whose pressure was rising will be decreased to settings, so the pressure on the user's shoulder can be reduced.

[0008]The other object of this invention is to provide a health bed device for actively supporting a user's neck and shoulder and a method thereof. A head air bladder set, which is not inflated, is installed in the heath bed. When a user is lying on his / her side, the head air bladder set will be inflated to settings, so the position of the user's head will be up and the position of the user's shoulder will be down, and the pressure on the user's shoulder can be reduced.

[0011]Under normal condition, the air bladders of the head air bladder set are not aerated, and the air bladders of the neck and shoulder air bladder set are full of air. When the control device receives the signal detected by the pressure sensors that the pressures of all the air bladders of the neck and shoulder air bladder set increase, it could determine that the user changes his / her sleep position from lying on his / her back to lying on his / her side. When the control device receives the signal that the pressure value of the air bladder which is pressed by the user's shoulder is the highest, the control device will turn on the control switches. Then, the aerating / deflating device aerates the air bladders of the head air bladder set to the setting pressure and deflates the air bladders of the neck and shoulder air bladder set to the setting pressure. As a result, the user's shoulder is lowered, and the user's head is raised, so the pressure on the user's shoulder is reduced.

Problems solved by technology

In fact, the springs are compressed by the user's body weight and cannot actually support the user's body.

Therefore, these health beds cannot solve a user's sleep problems.

However, the patent applications mentioned above focus on supporting a user's spine but overlook problems of hand numbness, neck and shoulder pain, and stiff neck resulting from the fact that a user's shoulder is not able to bear the user's body weight when the user lie on his / her side for a long time.

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