ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,417, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to POLYRON ZIKIM ACH LTD (Kibbutz Zikim, Israel).

"Adjustable mattress frame and a method for adjusting the frame" was invented by Yitzhak Liechtenstein (Zichron Ya'acov, Israel) and Nir Hertzman (Zichron Ya'acov, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable mattress frame configured to support a human user lying thereon, the adjustable mattress frame comprises areas configured to support at least part of a body of the user, pivotally connected one to the other, as well as additional features that allow a user of the adjustable mattress frame to easily change his lying position and provide fu...