US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Side rail repair tool" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,214, issued on June 16.

"Side rail repair tool" was invented by Joseph McGrath (New Port Richey, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for repair and maintenance of a rail extending about the perimeter of a bed, the rail separated from the bed by a predetermined distance. The tool comprises a shaft with first and second sides. The first side has a curved surface, and the shaft has a cross-section normal to the curved surface with a maximum width that is less than the predetermined distance. A flange extends from the second side, the combined shaft and flange having a cross-section normal to the curved surface with a maximum widt...