Mattress Genie™ — 'Turns any mattress into an adjustable bed in just seconds'

While we're waiting patiently for the perfect bedtime reading light to be invented there's no reason we shouldn't be perfectly comfortable in bed — is there?

Now comes Mattress Genie™ to do the Peter Frampton thing and show us the way.

From the website:

Now you can have an adjustable bed without spending lots of money

If you like to sleep with your shoulders and head raised, Mattress Genie™ is the perfect bedmate.



At the push of a button it inflates in less than a minute, raising 40° (about 26") from your mattress, forming a cushy wedge that fully supports your body.

It makes reading and watching TV more comfortable, and can help ease the symptoms of acid reflex, congestion, allergies and maternity discomfort.

Made of double-seamed PVC vinyl, Mattress Genie™ comes with a motorized pump and tethered remote control with illuminated buttons.

Works on any mattress up to 18" thick (excluding waterbeds) and deflates easily.

I really like the remote (below)

for two reasons:

1) It comes in my alma mater's (UCLA) colors, blue and gold.

2) It's simple enough that even I could use it without consulting the manual.

What a contrast to the remotes in the OR that operate the surgical table (below).

Those control boxes have all manner of lights, switches and buttons that have to be activated in a certain pre–determined sequence to perform any action; these decompletely befuddle me.

At the beginning of each case I try to put the remote within easy reach of the circulating nurse so that when the surgeon asks for Trendelenburg I don't put the head up instead like a clueless doofus.

Just because I am one doesn't mean I have to let everyone know, does it?

I mean, it's like that wonderful old saying: "Keep your mouth shut and people will think you're stupid — open it and they'll know."

Ha.

I've always liked that one.

There's a reason why old sayings are old, isn't there?

It ain't random, that's fer shur.

$99.95 and up (depending on bed size) here.

[via AW]