Category: HOME TEXTILES
Country: United States
Sheila Long O’Mara
Executive Editor Furniture Today
November 21, 2022
Los Angeles – Direct-to-consumer bedding brand Purple Innovation has filed a patent lawsuit against Diamond Mattress, alleging the company infringed on its iconic purple gel-grid mattress design.
At the heart of the lawsuit is Diamond’s Gel Grid mattress lineup introduced at the summer Las Vegas Market in July. The suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Purple cites patent No. 11,317,733 and backs up its claim with its filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia.
In July, Diamond introduced its two Gel Grid mattresses designed with cooling gel material created with an open-cell blue grid.
Purple emerged on the bedding scene in 2016 and earlier this year announced its acquisition of fellow gel-grid mattress manufacturer Intellibed.
In 1998, brothers Tony and Terry Pearce developed a stretchy gel-like material and licensed the patent for use in insoles for shoes and for hospital beds. In 2010, the duo branched out and began selling seat cushions made from the polymer that would become the foundation for the material used in the Purple mattress. Prior to 2010, the Pearces had licensed the use of the material to Intellibed for use in mattresses.
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