ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,270, issued on March 3, was assigned to JINGNING MEIGE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE Co. LTD. (Lishui, China).

"Bushing and bed frame" was invented by Yifan Zhai (Xiangyang, China) and Jiaming Chen (Shengzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bushing for connecting a longitudinal tube and a transverse rod of a bed frame and the bed frame are provided. The bushing includes an inner hole, outer wall surfaces, and bushing opening edges. The inner hole is configured to cover an end portion of the transverse rod. The outer wall surfaces are configured to accommodate in a slot of the longitudinal tube. The bushing opening edges are configured t...