ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,685, issued on Nov. 18.
"Flat foldable lectern and enclosed briefcase" was invented by Aron Fischer (Monsey, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat foldable carrying case with a closed interior space is unfoldable to yield a lectern. The lectern/carrying case is formed from a box as well as left, right, bottom, and top flaps. The box has four sides which are connected to a back side, each at a right angle thereto. Each side of the box is rotatably adjoined to a respective side flap. The bottom flap is foldable after the sometimes identically sized left and right flaps fold into the box. Then the top flap is foldable. In some case...