ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,611, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Winnebago Industries Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Convertible slat-based bed assembly" was invented by Amelia Sheckler (Forest City, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for a slat bed are provided. The slat bed may include a fixed portion including a plurality of fixed slats and a sliding portion pivotably coupled to the fixed portion. The sliding portion may include a plurality of sliding slats and the plurality of sliding slats may be operable to slide adjacent to the plurality of fixed slats to change a length of the slat bed. The sliding portion may also be operable to move upwardly a...