ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,307, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to L&P Property Management Co. (Carthage, Mo.).

"Adjustable bed base having multiple piece headboard" was invented by Von W. Brottlund (Pierce City, Mo.), Jacob J. Neuenswander (Carthage, Mo.), Dustin W. Smith (Carthage, Mo.), Jacob Shields (Lamar, Mo.) and Daniel W. Williams (Webb City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable bed base has a stationary frame and a stationary seat deck. An articulating deck includes inner and outer head deck members. A linear actuator inclines and declines the inner and outer head deck members relative to a stationary seat deck member using a plurality of li...