ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,284, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ACCORA Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Bed lifting mechanism" was invented by Frederick Jabez Marsh (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting mechanism for a bed includes an elongate first leg having a first leg axis; an elongate second leg having a second leg axis and being pivotally connected to the first leg; a carriage assembly slidably connected to the first leg so as to be moveable in a direction substantially parallel to the first leg axis; a guide rail connected to the second leg and having a guide rail axis, the guide rail axis being at a non-zero angle to th...