ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,926, issued on April 7, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).
"Bottom rail controlled bed rail" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.) and Kasey L. Pipo (Elko New Market, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present bottom rail controlled bed rail is a one handed bed rail where the bottom rail is lifted out of seats in left and right bases, whereupon the guard rail portion of the bed rail is free to swing relative to the left and right bases. When the bottom rail is lifted, the bottom rail slides up right and left end frame members of the guard rail portion. The left and right end frame memb...