ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,049, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FERNO WASHINGTON INC. (Wilmington, Ohio).

"Directional wheel lock assemblies and cots having directional wheel lock assemblies" was invented by Donald J. Canavan (Morrow, Ohio), John A. Burnett (Lebanon, Ohio), Cody A. Cooper (South Charleston, Ohio), Robert Louis Potak (Medina, Ohio), Michael J. Burrell (Xenia, Ohio), Jacob L. Cartner (Clarksville, Ohio), Jonathan R. Abernathy (Latham, Ohio), Randall T. Baughman (Greenfield, Ohio), Charles S. Chambliss (Leesburg, Ohio), Qusai F. Takruri (Dayton, Ohio) and William H. Benedict (Jamestown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional wheel l...