18 Current status of the project

Current status of the project

Work on the rocking bed project was started by Ilya Voronin in Russia in 2019, when technical documentation was developed to create a working mockup of a rocking bed with several linear vertical actuators based on screw - ball screw nut transmission, converting the rotary motion of the screw into the forward motion of the rod, driven by electric motors.

The subsequent technical analysis revealed the difficulties of practical realization of the proposed scheme, which required to formulate a list of technical requirements and a list of necessary consumer properties of the rocking bed.

Since 2020, at the request of Ilya Voronin, specialized organizations in the field of intellectual property have regularly conducted patent research on the availability of patents for the invention of rocking beds, rocking mattresses and other devices with similar functionality to the designs developed by Ilya Voronin. At the same time, information from the Internet, market indicators and consumer properties of rocking bed products were analyzed.

In 2020 patent applications were made to the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia for “Rocking mattress with flat (non-transformable) sleeping bed substrate” (Application №2020110924 from 16.03.2020), and “Rocking mattress with transformable in shape sleeping bed substrate” (Application №2020110922 from 16.03.2020).

In 2021, Ilya Voronin decided to focus on the realization of the rocking bed project. In the same year the Russian Federation patent for invention No. 2755464 for the design of a transformable rocking mattress was obtained. The patent for the invention of the design of a rocking mattress with a flat non-transformable substrate of the sleeping place, which is a special case of a transformable rocking mattress, was not received due to the withdrawal of the patent application due to the irrelevance of the design.

In 2021, two patent applications were sent to the International Patent Organization (IPO) under the procedure of the International Patent Cooperation (PCT) - for a seasleeping mattress PCT/RU2021/050035 dated 16.02.2021 and for a transformable seasleeping mattress PCT/RU2021/050035 dated 16.02.2021, which were not continued due to the revealed irrelevance of the developed technical solutions.

In 2021 the technical documentation for the rocking bed with hydraulic drive was developed, on its basis at the end of 2022 in St. Petersburg (Russia) a prototype of the rocking bed was assembled from commercially available components and tested, which showed the correctness of the chosen technical direction, the validity of technical requirements and the importance of personal experience of using the rocking bed to promote products on the market.

The results of the user testing are contained in the PSF&PMF section.

During the rocking bed testing process, Bedy Active Breath sleep breathing normalization technology was tested to overcome snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) without the use of CPAP masks. Subsequently, the Bedy Active Breath technology included methods of forming a conditioned breathing reflex through synchronous multisensory influence realized both in the waking state and in sleep.

The possibility of positive multisensory influence of the rocking bed hardware-software complex on a pair of users in a sensual relationship, as it is produced by audio-visual stimulation (AVS), is a reasonable hypothesis to be confirmed in the future. The absolute majority of subjects expressed the opinion that rhythmic rocking synchronized with frictions will give new positive sensations during sensual relationships, i.e. it can be an interesting and memorable sensual experience.

Ilya Voronin has filed two provisional patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and is preparing a third application, which combined research and development on various types of designs of rocking bed, rocking chair-recliner and rocking Nap Pod, covering possible design solutions of rocking furniture with hydraulic, mechanical and hybrid drives, related to the device and method of formation of multisensory effects, comfortable for falling asleep, sleeping, waking up and sensual relationships.

The author of the project has developed technical and design documentation of rocking beds with hydraulic, mechanical and hybrid drives, prepared materials on visualization of rocking bed design, made investment memorandum, plans of scientific and consumer research, general work plan for 15 months from the moment of receiving investment in the project.

The Bedy project envisages an investment stage lasting 3 years before the start of sales, during which the optimal models of rocking beds will be developed according to the criteria of price, functionality and reliability, scientific and consumer research on the impact of rocking to sleep, sleep and intimacy, the effectiveness of Bedy Active Breath technology will be conducted, the main consumer groups will be identified and a marketing strategy for bringing the product to the market will be developed.

From 2020 to 2024 the Bedy project was financed from Ilya Voronin's personal funds, a total of 115 thousand $US was spent, no loans or external investments were attracted.

In order to realize the Bedy project with attracting investments in 2025, it is planned to register the legal entity “BEDY Robotics” in the state of Israel, which will be the owner of the intellectual property of the project and the recipient of investments in the project.