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(43) Date of publication: 20.12.2023 Bulletin 2023/51 (21) Application number: 22714065.4 (22) Date of filing: 11.03.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47C 21/04(2006.01) A47C 27/05(2006.01) A47C 27/14(2006.01) A47C 27/045(2006.01) A47C 27/15(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A47C 21/044; A47C 27/0453; A47C 27/05; A47C 27/056; A47C 27/15; A47C 27/144 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/019993 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/192700 (15.09.2022 Gazette 2022/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 12.03.2021 US 202163160041 P (71) Applicant: Sleep Number Corporation Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 (US)

(72) Inventors: KARSCHNIK, Kody Lee Plymouth, Minnesota 55446 (US) PALASHEWSKI, Wade Daniel Andover, Minnesota 55304 (US) ROSE, Eric Piedmont, South Carolina 29673 (US) JOHNSON, Hunter Wayne Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413 (US) CARLSON-SANCHEZ, Fletcher Ephraim Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413 (US) (74) Representative: Fish & Richardson P.C.  Highlight Business Towers Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8 80807 München 80807 München (DE)