Patent ID: 8458831

Claim:
A bed rail for preventing a child from rolling off a bed, with the bed having a mattress and a base, with the mattress being on the base, with the bed having first and second sides that are opposite of each other, with the bed having a sleeping surface, with the bed rail comprising: a) a guard frame that includes an up position and a down position, with the guard frame in the up position confronting the first side of the bed and extending upwardly beyond the sleeping surface, and with the guard frame in the down position confronting the first side of the bed and extending downwardly; b) a pair of legs for being disposed between the mattress and base; c) a first junction between each of the legs and the guard frame, with the first junction comprising a pivot between said leg and the guard frame such that the guard frame can swing between the up and down positions; and d) a second junction between each of the legs and the guard frame, with the second junction comprising: i) a pin comprising a head, with the pin being engaged to and extending from the guard frame, with the head of the pin being spaced from the guard frame, with the head of the pin defining an arc when the guard frame is swung between the up and down positions; ii) a seat for the head of the pin, with the seat being pivotably engaged to said leg and pivotable between an open position and a locked position, with the seat having a first opening for the head of the pin and with the first opening pivoting with the seat when the seat is pivoted, with said arc being in communication with the first opening when the seat is in the open position to permit the head of the pin to travel along the arc and to slide into and out of the first opening and into and out of the seat, with said seat cutting transversely across said arc at both forward and rearward locations of said head of the pin when the first opening is pivoted away from being in communication with said arc to define said locked position of said seat such that the head of the pin is captured in the seat and such that the head of the pin is prevented from swinging forwardly or rearwardly along said arc and such that the guard frame is prevented from swinging out of the up position in either direction.