Air Mattress

Abstract

An article of manufacture for providing an automatically adjusting air mattress according to the present invention is disclosed. The automatically adjusting air mattress includes a plurality of air chambers arranged within a mattress frame, each of the plurality of air chambers having a set air pressure contained within, a base chamber coupled within the mattress frame and below the plurality of air chambers, one or more interconnecting air lines coupling the plurality of air chambers and corresponding air valves, the air valves being coupled to a source of air pressure used to adjusted air pressure in each of the plurality of air chambers, and one or more pressure sensors coupled to the one or more corresponding air valves indicating a current air pressure with each of the plurality of air chambers, each of the one or more pressure sensors being configured to detect changes within one or more of the plurality of air chambers causing the set air pressure within each of the plurality of air chambers to be adjusted to maintain a defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chambers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An article of manufacture providing an automatically adjusting air mattress according to the present invention, the automatically adjusting air mattress comprises:
 a plurality of air chambers arranged within a mattress frame, each of the plurality of air chambers having a set air pressure contained within;   a base chamber coupled within the mattress frame and below the plurality of air chambers;   one or more interconnecting air lines coupling the plurality of air chambers and corresponding air valves, the air valves being coupled to a source of air pressure used to adjusted air pressure in each of the plurality of air chambers; and   one or more pressure sensors coupled to the one or more corresponding air valves indicating a current air pressure with each of the plurality of air chambers, each of the one or more pressure sensors being configured to detect changes within one or more of the plurality of air chambers causing the set air pressure within each of the plurality of air chambers to be adjusted to maintain a defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chambers.   
     
     
         2 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 1 , wherein the automatically adjusting air mattress further comprises:
 a programmable controller communicatively coupled to each of the one or more corresponding air valves and each of the one or more pressure sensors, the programmable controller determines new set air pressure for each of the plurality of air chambers using current air pressure values generated by the one or more pressure sensors; and   an air pump coupled to each of the one or more pressure sensors and the one or more corresponding air valves, the air pump being operated by the programmable controller.   
     
     
         3 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more corresponding air valves and each of the one or more pressure sensors being coupled to a single air chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more corresponding air valves and each of the one or more pressure sensors being coupled to a group of air chambers comprising two or more air chambers. 
     
     
         5 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more pressure sensors coupled to the one or more corresponding air valves comprises a pressure-sensitive valve. 
     
     
         6 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 2 , wherein the programmable controller is communicatively coupled to an input device for configuring the defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 6 , wherein the input device comprises a touch screen device coupled to the automatically adjusting air mattress. 
     
     
         8 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 6 , wherein the input device comprises a mobile device having a program executing therein for configuring the defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 8 , wherein the mobile device wirelessly communicates with the programmable controller for configuring the defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The automatically adjusting air mattress according to  claim 9 , wherein the mobile device wirelessly communicates with the programmable controller using a Bluetooth connection.