ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,381, issued on Aug. 19.

"Bed restraining apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by Emily Barrett (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bed restraining apparatus is provided including at least one bed rail protective portion for at least partly covering a surface of a bed rail in use, and at least one bed restraining portion for location over at least part of a bed in use, so as to be located between opposing sides of a bed in use and/or so as to be located between bed rails on opposing sides of a bed in use. Thee at least one bed rail protective portion is arranged so as to at least partly cover an inwardly ...