ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,716, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to JIAXING REST FURNITURE & APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Folding sofa bed" was invented by Jiguan Chen (Zhejiang, China), Bing Chen (Zhejiang, China), Qiangqiang Wu (Zhejiang, China), Baoli Zhang (Zhejiang, China) and Chong Ma (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a folding sofa bed, including a folding bed frame body, a cushion body, and a turning component. The cushion body is disposed above the folding bed frame body. The turning component is connected with the folding bed frame body and the cushion body. The turning component is capable of driving the cushion...