ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,274, issued on March 3, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Scissoring bassinet with soft inside and outside" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.), Matthew A. Willms (Woodbury, Minn.) and William D. Butterfield (River Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bassinet with a scissoring frame having upper, lower, and intermediate junctions. The bassinet includes sheeting that is one-piece, that has open and closed ends, and that forms a floor and inside and outside walls. The closed end forms the floor of a flexible wall and floor combination. The sheeting extends in an endless manner fro...