ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,274, issued on June 17.
"Folding table and method of making and using the same" was invented by Adam Edwards (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding table including a plurality of panel halves that forms a support surface in an open position; a plurality of table leg portions; and an actuating system including: a plurality of bar linkages, each bar linkage operably coupling a table leg portion of the plurality of table leg portions to a corresponding panel half of the plurality of panel halves, at least one handle adapted to actuate the plurality of bar linkages to move the folding table from the open position to a...