ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,971, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CIAR S.P.A. (Pesaro, Italy).
"Height-adjustable bed" was invented by Carrera Massimo (Tavullia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed includes a bed frame supported, in a starting position, via bed legs on a standing surface. A lifting device for lifting the bed between the starting position and a high position, has pivot mechanisms arranged on opposing sides of the bed frame, each provided with a lower frame part, an upper frame part mounted on the bed frame, and two levers pivotably connected to both the lower and upper frame part in the manner of a parallelogram mechanism. The lifting d...