ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,969, issued on Jan. 27.

"Swaying bed with longitudinal stabilizers" was invented by Donald V. Mager (Mendota Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swayable bed that includes a mattress-supporting rigid platform having platform corners, a rigid platform support frame having a plurality of frame legs with the frame legs joined by corresponding beams, a set of suspension cables connecting each of the platform support members to proximal to a first end each of the frame legs to allow the rigid platform to sway from side-to-side, a set of longitudinal stabilizers preventing movement of the platform in a longitudinal fore and aft...