ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,278, issued on June 17, was assigned to StoreBound LLC (New York).

"Multi-function table" was invented by Evan Marc Dash (New York), Yiyang Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Defang Chen (Shenzhen, China), Xiqing Zhong (Dongguan, China) and Yijun Wang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture unit in the form of a multi-function table including a base having front end, a rear end, and a primary cavity. A first storage unit is located within the primary cavity to define a first storage area having a first opening at the front end of the base that is closed by a first closure member. A second storage unit is located within the ...