ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,520, issued on May 27, was assigned to Spencer Willhoit (Bonsall, Calif.).
"Doormat" was invented by Spencer Willhoit (Bonsall, Calif.) and Liam O'Brien (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns an improved doormat having an anchored frame surrounding a center portion. A collapsible storage apparatus is rotatably coupled to the anchored frame and is configured to deploy into an expanded state and retract into a collapsed state. The collapsible storage apparatus is configured to store and secure delivered packages. In some embodiments, the center portion includes a doormat material disposed on an upper surface th...