ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,416, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HIDEAWAY SOLUTIONS LLC (Little Compton, R.I.).
"Lateral folding units" was invented by Lancelot Jerome Pinnock (Little Compton, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral folding step unit and/or desk unit including a vertical frame and a plurality of linkages pivotally attached at different heights to the vertical frame by one end of each of the linkages, to provide lateral rotation to the linkages. A leg frame, with at least one leg, is pivotally attached to the opposite end of each linkage whereby laterally translating the leg frame simultaneously pivots the linkages from a first, vertica...