ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,715, issued on July 29.
"Stacking stools" was invented by Yvonne Hung (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piece of furniture that includes a plurality of stools that stack/nest into an enclosed table may include a top stool, a first middle stool, a second middle stool, and a bottom stool. The top stool and the bottom stool may each include a platform and legs extending downward from a bottom surface of the platform proximate to an outer edge of the platform. The first middle stool and the second middle stool may each include a platform and legs extending from an outer circumference of the platform. The middle stools may e...