Adjustable bed foundations and related methods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional adjustable bed foundations with integrated massage devices often cause lumps or protrusions that are uncomfortable and visible when the devices are not in use, disrupting the user's experience.
Innovation Solution
The adjustable bed foundation features a massage device secured within the frame by flexible fasteners, maintaining a gap of 2-10 mm from the support surface, allowing vibration transmission without visible protrusions and user discomfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If the massage device is secured directly to the support surface, then the vibration transmission is maximized, but the device creates visible protrusions and lumps that cause user discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible fastener system acts as an intermediary between the massage device and the support surface, allowing vibration transmission while maintaining a gap to prevent visible protrusions and user discomfort when the device is not in use
2Stability of the object's composition
If the massage device is positioned closer to the support surface, then the structural stability is improved, but the device interferes with mattress comfort when not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible fastener system allows the massage device to dynamically adjust its position, maintaining optimal vibration transmission during operation while creating a gap to prevent interference with mattress comfort when not in use
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures comfortable and aesthetically pleasing operation by minimizing the perception of massage devices when not in use, while effectively providing vibration therapy.
Implementation Method 1
a massage device disposed within the adjustable frame and configured to impart vibration to a mattress disposed on the adjustable frame
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AI summary
An adjustable bed foundation includes an adjustable frame and at least one height adjuster configured to raise and lower a portion of the adjustable frame. The adjustable frame defines a support surface, a bottom surface opposite the support surface, and a plurality of lateral side surfaces intersecting each of the support surface and the bottom surface. A fabric at least partially covers the plurality of lateral side surfaces and is secured to a material covering the support surface. An oscillating motor is disposed within the adjustable frame and configured to impart vibration to a mattress disposed on the adjustable frame. The oscillating motor is secured to the adjustable frame by a flexible fastener, and a gap between the flexible fastener and the support surface is between about 2 mm and about 10 mm. Related methods are also disclosed.