ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,426, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Spinneybeck Enterprises Inc. (Getzville, N.Y.).

"Privacy enclosure" was invented by Roger B. Wall (Buffalo, N.Y.), Carl Gustav Magnusson (New York) and Joseph Cushing III (Bethlehem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A privacy enclosure that includes a floor plate, a ceiling assembly, and a sidewall that collectively define an interior cavity. The sidewall may have a laminate structure. The floor plate has a bottom surface and a top surface each with channels therein. The ceiling assembly includes a ceiling plate having a bottom surface with a channel therein. Portions of the sidewall may be ...