ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,063, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ningbo Sunmate Home & Casual Promotion Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Deck chair" was invented by Zhongmin Cui (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deck chair with a seat has two opposite sides and two handrails, each handrail being arranged on one of the two opposite sides of the seat; a back arranged behind the seat and located between the two handrails; a footrest arranged in front of the seat and lower than a height of the seat; wherein, the back is rotatable relative to the seat, and the footrest is movable and is capable of extending back and forth relative to the seat. Various s...