Patent Office Rules for Kingsdown

January 17, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Legal on January 18, 2012

The U.S Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of a patent for bedding manufacturer Kingsdown's mattress diagnostic system.

In a Jan. 6 ruling, the Patent Office denied King Koil's attempt to invalidate Mebane, N.C.-based Kingsdown's patent No. 6,585,328.

Last year, Kingsdown had served a U.S. District Court complaint against King Koil/Comfort Solutions asserting that it infringed this patent and several trademarks related to Kingsdown's bedMATCH technology.
 
"We're very happy that the U.S Patent and Trademark Office has affirmed our position as the authority in sleep diagnostics," said Kingsdown Chairman and CEO Eric Hinshaw. "We own the patent-protected bedMATCH technology, which has revolutionized the way bedding is sold. Kingsdown was the first to use science to help a consumer find the right mattress for their body type. This ruling should assure our dealers that we will always vigorously defend their right to use our system without fear of others trying to copy our intellectual property."

The culmination of more than 15 years of research and development and more than 7 million profiles, the bedMATCH system uses 18 statistical measurements and over 1,000 calculations to assist the consumer in selecting the best mattress and pillow for their body type. Product features and comfort feels from multiple manufacturers are programmed into each bedMATCH machine. Printed recommendations provide sales associates and shoppers an easy reference guide to help select the brand and mattress that best fits their postural support requirements.

Kingsdown makes premium mattress systems serving leading retailers across the United States and in more than 20 countries. International offices are located in Bangkok, Thailand, and Tokyo, Japan.