Granted Patent B1

US 12,653,324 · App. 18/201,727 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, FL); Kasey L. Pipo (Elko New Market, MN)

Assignee: Regalo International, LLC

A47C21/08

Abstract

Claims (19)

1 . A bed rail for engagement to a bed having a mattress and mattress support, the mattress having a near side, the bed rail comprising:

a) a rail portion;

b) a base portion engaged to the rail portion and adaptable for engagement with the bed between the mattress and mattress support, the base portion having first and second base members spaced apart from each other;

c) the rail portion having a first position and a second position, the first position being an operating position adjacent to the near side of the mattress, the second position being a stored position in the base portion between the mattress and the mattress support;

d) the rail portion comprising an outer frame and an inner frame;

e) the outer frame of the rail portion comprising a traversing member and first and second end members, the traversing member extending between and engaged to the first and second end members;

f) the inner frame being slideable on the first and second end members of the outer frame and slideable to and away from the traversing member of the outer frame;

g) the inner frame being engagable with and disengagable from the first and second base members of the base portion to prevent the rail portion from sliding relative to the base portion;

h) wherein the inner frame includes an uppermost traversing member, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideably engaged to the first and second end members of the outer frame, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideable to and away from the traversing member of the outer frame; and

i) wherein the inner frame includes a lowermost traversing member, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideably engaged to the first and second end members of the outer frame, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideable to and away from the first and second base members when the rail portion is in the operating position;

j) wherein the traversing member of the outer frame is undulating and wherein the first and second end members are straight end members having respective first and second distal ends;

k) the traversing member of the outer frame having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first and third portions of the traversing member of the outer frame being spaced apart from the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame by a first distance, the third portion of the traversing member of the outer frame being spaced apart from the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame by a second distance, and the first distance being greater than the second distance;

l) wherein the first portion includes a first straight portion having an axis, wherein the second portion includes a second straight portion having an axis, and wherein the third portion includes a third straight portion having an axis, wherein the axis of the first and third straight portions of the outer frame are co-axial, and wherein the axis of the second straight portion is offset from the axis of the first and third straight portions; and

m) wherein the traversing member of the outer frame further comprises fourth and fifth straight portions, the fourth straight portion being disposed between the first and second straight portions, the fifth straight portion being disposed between the second and third straight portions, each of the fourth and fifth straight portions being oblique relative to the second straight portion.

2 . The bed rail of claim 1 , and a set of support members extending to and between the uppermost and lowermost traversing members, the support members being spaced apart from each other and further being spaced from the first and second end members of the outer frame, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame being adjacent to the traversing member of the outer frame, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame having first and second ends, the first end of the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being adjacent to the first end member of the outer frame, the second end of the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being adjacent to the second end member of the outer frame.

3 . The bed rail of claim 1 , and a set of support members extending to and between the uppermost and lowermost traversing member, the support members being spaced apart from each other and further being spaced from the first and second end members of the outer frame, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame comprising first and second sections that are engagable to and disengagable from each other at a first junction that is disposed intermediate of ends of the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame comprising first and second sections that are engagable to and disengagable from each other at a second junction that is disposed intermediate of ends of the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame.

4 . The bed rail of claim 3 , wherein the traversing member of the outer frame includes a first frame section and a second frame section, the first and second frame sections being engagable to and disengagable from each other at a third junction that is disposed intermediate of ends of the traversing member of the outer frame such that the rail portion includes a right hand unit and a left hand unit that are engagable to and disengagable from each other.

5 . The bed rail of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and third junctions are aligned vertically with each other when the rail portion is in the operating position.

6 . The bed rail of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and third junctions are spaced equidistance from the first and second end portions of the outer frame member.

Continuity (2)

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