US Patent Issued to Te-Lung Chen on July 8 for "Foldable chair" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,809, issued on July 8, was assigned to Te-Lung Chen (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Foldable chair" was invented by Te-Lung Chen (Tainan, Taiwan), Pin-Yi Chen (Tainan, Taiwan) and Pin-Han Chen (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable chair includes a chair frame mechanism that is operable between an unfolded state and a folded state and that includes a seat unit, a backrest unit, and a support unit. The backrest unit extends from and cooperates with the seat unit to define a seating space when the chair frame mechanism is in the unfolded state. The support unit is mounted to the backrest unit, and includes a spine rod disposed rea...