ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,113, issued on April 29, was assigned to Foremost Homes Inc. (East Hanover, N.J.).
"Dual use device furniture component and furniture cover" was invented by Liang Chou Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual use device adapted to define a furniture component when in a stored state and provide access to a cover for covering a furniture item when in a covering state. The device includes an enclosure with a plurality of enclosure panels, the enclosure panels being connected as to define a shape of the furniture component. The connection between at least some of the enclosure panels is through detachable attachments whi...