US Patent Issued to Sleep Number on June 23 for "Bed system with optional side rail accessories" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,914, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp..

"Bed system with optional side rail accessories" was invented by Lori MacLachlan (Minneapolis), Joseph Ermalovich (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Carli Hill (Oxnard, Calif.) and Antony Kirk (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are bed systems with side rail accessories. A foundation can include a side rail accessory having at least one support pole and a first side rail having first and second mounting holes that can receive the support pole and support the side rail accessory. The side rail accessory can be a tabletop and/or handle with the support pole."

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