US Patent Issued to Bed Brace on May 12 for "Apparatus for assisting subjects from supine to sitting position" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,831, issued on May 12, was assigned to Bed Brace LLC (Round Rock, Texas).

"Apparatus for assisting subjects from supine to sitting position" was invented by Elise D. Skomra (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame structure has an adjustable height and width and comprises a pair of parallel triangular trusses each having a hypotenuse handrail member defining a series of successive ascending cylindrical handhold surfaces. The structure is dimensioned to sit on the top surface of a standard mattress and is anchored by a strap component that connects and wraps either around the headboard or under the bed (i.e mattress). ...