ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,700, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Night and Day Furniture LLC (Vancouver, Wash.).
"Furniture objects for storing foldable beds" was invented by Howard Porter (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Joel Grossman (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chest including a front panel, side panels and a top panel, the top panel including a first sub-top panel and a second sub-top panel hingably connected, a first portion of the front panel being hingably connected to a base of the chest, and a second portion of the front panel hingably connected to the first portion of the front panel and fixed to first sub-side panels, wher...