ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,324, issued on June 16, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Swing and slide bed rail with outer and inner frames" 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 bed rail includes a rail portion and base portion. The rail portion swings down from an operating position and then slides into the base frame between a mattress and a mattress support to come to rest in the base frame in a stored position. The rail portion includes outer and inner frames. The outer frame is swingably and slideably engaged to the base frame. ...