ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,281, issued on June 17, was assigned to Jing Si Pureland Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Multifunctional collapsible platform" was invented by Marshall Q. Siao (Xincheng Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a collapsible bed frame and a collapsible bed. The collapsible bed frame includes two side bed frames and a plurality of transverse boards, and the plurality of transverse boards are spaced between the two side bed frames. Each side bed frame includes a plurality of collapsible units, hinged to the transverse boards through first hinge elements, and a second hinge element is provided in a midd...