ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,138, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PINGHU ALLEN FURNITURE Co. LTD (Jiaxing, China).

"Inclined strut for bent tube bed" was invented by Xiao Ma (Jiaxing, China) and Yongtao Liu (Shaoyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an inclined strut for a bent tube bed, which includes an inclined strut assembly with one end hinged to a bed body and the other end hinged to a bed leg, wherein the inclined strut assembly includes a first brace rod and a second brace rod which are mutually hinged, a locking sleeve is slidably connected to the second brace rod, a limit slot is disposed the locking sleeve towards one end of the f...