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US 8,761,417 B2 *Jun. 24, 2014

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TACTILE STIMULATION USING MUSICAL TONAL FREQUENCIES

Inventors: Richard Barry Oser, Lafayette, CO (US); Suzannah Long, Lafayette, CO (Us)

Assignee: So Sound Solutions, LLC, Louisville, CO (US)

Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 300 days.

This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer.

App1.No.: 13/316,379

Filed: Dec. 9, 2011

Prior Publication Data

US 2012/0313765 A1 Dec. 13, 2012

Related US. Application Data

Continuation of application No. 12/139,351, ?led on Jun. 13, 2008, noW Pat. No. 8,077,884, Which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 11/463,520, ?led onAug. 9, 2006, noW Pat. No. 7,981,064, Whichis a continuation-in-part of application No. 11/061,924, ?led on Feb. 18, 2005, noW Pat. No. 7,418,108.

Provisional application No. 60/706,718, ?led on Aug. 9, 2005, provisional application No. 60/546,021, ?led on Feb. 19, 2004, provisional application No. 60/652,611, ?led on Feb. 14, 2005.

(58) Field of Classi?cation Search USPC ....... .. 381/326, 380, 396, 401, 402, 412, 420;

297/2173; 601/47, 57 See application ?le for complete search history.

(56) References Cited

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

W0 W0 03/092441 11/2003

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

U.S. Appl. No. 60/546,021, ?led Feb. 19, 2004. US. Appl. No. 60/652,611, ?led Feb. 14,2005.

(Continued) Primary Examiner * Brian Ensey

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * William W. Cochran; Cochran Freund & Young LLC

(57) ABSTRACT Transducers and resonators are embedded in body support structures in contact With a user to for the purpose of convey ing musical sound energy to a user’ s body at selected frequen cies and in selected patterns. Body support structures com prise beds, pillows, chairs, and other structures typically used to support people. The sound may be audio tones and/or music. The transducers and resonators may be incorporated into a foam component or in a coil spring component of the body support structure. Latex-type foams and beds made With springs are candidate body support structures for receiving

Int. Cl. , . H0 4 R 25/00 (200601) transducer s and resonators. Electro-actlve polymers are also H04R 1/02 (2006 01) used as transducers. Floor systems are activated by both U 5 Cl ' mechanical transducers and electro-active polymers.

USPC ......................................... .. 381/152; 381/396 54 Claims, 21 Drawing Sheets

SPIRAL OPENING

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510 504

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

U.S. Appl. No. 60/706,718, ?led Aug. 9, 2005. Shelby Addison et al.; Sleep Monitoring; Duke University Smart House, Pratt School of Engineering; Spring 2005; pp. 1-5. http :/ / www. bme .vanderbilt. edu/ Kin g/ sleepmate .htm;Internati onal Award-Winning Student invention Bene?ts Newborns; Jamie Iaown Reeves; The Vanderbilt Register, Jan. 19-25, 1998, page 4. Steven Ashley, Arti?cial Muscles, Scienti?c American, Oct. 2003, pp. 53-59. Non-Final Of?ce Action mailed Aug. 31, 2010, in US. Appl. No. 11/463,520, ?led Aug. 9, 2006 by Richard Barry Oser.

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US. Patent Jun. 24, 2014 Sheet 1 0121 US 8,761,417 B2

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