ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,700, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Halcon Furniture LLC (Stewartville, Minn.).
"Table apparatus and method" was invented by Benjamin Saintmane Conway (Rochester, Minn.), Peter Conway (Stewartville, Minn.) and Jacob Edward Snowbarger (Rochester, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations of a table system can include a protective member that is positionable below a table to provide protection to both a table and chairs. The protective member can extend lateral beyond a peripheral edge of the table top, for example, to protect the table and accessory furniture while allowing the table top and the peripheral edge of ...