ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,811, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC..

"Person support apparatuses for subject repositioning" was invented by Christopher Bennett DuBois (Marlborough, Mass.), Ben Hertz (Acton, Mass.), Timothy Allen Lane (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Rachel L. Willliamson (Batesville, Ind.), Kiana Mathews Dezelon (Cary, N.C.), Nicholas Mann (Cincinnati) and Varad Narayan Srivastava (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longi...