ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,014, issued on Aug. 19.

"Convertible support assembly" was invented by Martin J. Rodriguez (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support assembly for an individual convertible into a plurality of different supportive orientations, including a base having opposed front and rear segments and a leg structure connected thereto. The base is selectively disposable in a chair configuration along the front segment or a bench configuration along the rear segment. The support assembly includes structural and operative features which facilitate support thereof in the chair configuration or the bench configuration by at least the base, the arm...