ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,721, issued on July 29, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Longboat Key, Fla.).
"Bed rail" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.) and Porter R. Million (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontally expandable bed rail having a guard rail frame that confronts a first side of a bed to prevent a child from falling out of the bed. The guard rail frame includes a pair of vertical support members interconnected by upper, lower and intermediate horizontal support members that slide horizontally in and out such that the vertical support members have an extended position where the vertical support members ar...