ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,016, issued on July 28, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Longboat Key, Fla.).

"Bed rail that tucks under mattress" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.) and Porter R. Million (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed rail for engagement between a mattress and a box spring and having a base support and a guard frame, with guard frame having a pivot that pivots and slides in the base support. The base support includes a first seat that seats the pivot and a second seat that seats a biased piece sliding axially on a first support member of the guard frame. The first support member extends from a plastic ...