ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,021, issued on Oct. 14.

"Open multi-functional desk unit" was invented by Michael Jerome Rhines (Orange, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose furniture comprising a front desk portion and a back desk portion that is connected by an adjustable guard rail. The front desk portion includes a front mirror with opposing rotatable side mirrors. The rotatable side mirrors allow for 360 view of your image while sitting between the two desk. A foldable laptop desk is operationally connected to the front desk portion. The back desk portion includes a top mirror, shaving mirror and a plurality of hooks."

The patent was filed on A...