ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,125, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TAIJI Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).
"Nursing care bed" was invented by Taiji Nakamura (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nursing care bed (1) includes: a nursing care mat (5) on which a care recipient (K) lies; a support net (11) which is arranged between the nursing care mat (5) and the care recipient (K) and supports a body of the care recipient (K); a frame body (13) for holding the support net (11) in a horizontally stretched state; and a net lifting unit (21) for raising and lowering the frame body (13). An upper surface (6) of the nursing care mat (5) has a lattice groove (7) corre...