US Patent Issued to Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory on Oct. 28 for "Folding beverage ice cooler table" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,411, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd. (DongGuan, China).

"Folding beverage ice cooler table" was invented by Chen-Kang Lin (DongGuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler table includes a blow-molded tabletop that forms a tray for holding ice, and two collapsible leg assemblies for supporting the tabletop. The tabletop has an upper surface, a perimeter lip, and a lower surface. The upper surface slopes downward from its outer edges to accommodate flow of liquid toward an upper drain aperture as the ice melts. The lower surface of the tabletop includes an outer perimeter portion, a cent...