ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,009, issued on June 3, was assigned to Ascion LLC (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
"Foldable mattress foundation" was invented by Martin Bordley Bepko Rawls-Meehan (Birmingham, Mich.), Kushan Nileshbhai Gajjar (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Qianyu Liang (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress foundation includes a top frame and a bottom frame. Bracket assemblies are between the top frame and the bottom frame. The bottom frame has a first bottom segment and a second bottom segment each rotatably connected to bracket assemblies. The top frame has a first top segment and the second top segment each rotatably connected t...