ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,700, issued on March 11.
"Universal bed side rail" was invented by Lawrence Poindexter (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An universal bed side rails includes a mattress, a bedside assembly, and a rails assembly. The bedside assembly a first bedrail and a second bedrail connected through length adjustable beams. The rails assembly has a first rail and a second rail slidably receiving the first bedrail and the second bedrail therein. The length adjustable beams are positioned under a mattress. The first rail and second rail has flaps to secure to a spring box of a mattress. The length adjustable beams have pin locks and pin hole...