ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,205, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Smiley Boom Pty Ltd (Ngunnawal, Australia).

"DJ booth" was invented by Daniel Rawson (Hornsby, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DJ booth for use at events or functions including: a housing; the housing contains sound processing equipment and at least one loudspeaker; and the housing includes wheels at its base for moving the DJ booth across a ground surface. In some embodiments the housing has the outer appearance of a large tape cassette player and further includes a retractable gantry portion which has the appearance of a handle of the tape cassette player."

The patent was filed on F...