ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,709, issued on Sept. 30.

"Apparatus and method for releasably locked furniture" was invented by Jay A. Berkowitz (Penn Valley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for releasably lockable furniture. The apparatus includes a receptable bracket having a plurality of chambers on one furniture component and a corresponding plurality of projections on a second furniture component. A release device having a release button is included with the receptacle bracket while a cavity, configured for receiving that release button therein, is formed into a region where the plurality of projections is present. To connect the co...