ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,306, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SNBR Inc..

"Sleep system with modular foundation controls" was invented by Aran Patrick Brosnan (Minneapolis), Jerry Boyer (Zimmerman, Minn.), Mark Sponsler (Minneapolis), John McGuire (New Hope, Minn.) and John Klesk (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulable sleep system has a first head section, a second head section, and a joined leg section that are each separably articulable. A head motor system includes first and second head motors operably connected to the first and second head sections. A leg motor system includes first and second leg motors operably connected to the join...