ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,505, issued on June 30.
"Bed assist rail" was invented by Irviany Hadimulia (Maroubra, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed assist rail has a pair of vertical support arms that are laterally spaced by a connecting crossbar. Each of the pair of vertical support arms has a top end, a bottom end, and a middle portion. An anchor structure extends from the bottom ends of the pair of vertical support arms, for supporting the pair of vertical support arms in an upright configuration adjacent an edge of a mattress when the anchor structure is positioned under the mattress. A handle rail includes an upper portion that extends to end...