ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,025, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tsung-Ling Lee (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Foldable device with lifting mechanism" was invented by Tsung-Ling Lee (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih-Peng Chou (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable device with a lifting mechanism includes at least one rail, a first sliding member, a second sliding member, a first linking member, a second linking member, and a latch structure. The first and the second sliding members are movably disposed on the rail, the first linking member is pivoted to the second sliding member, and the second linking member is pivoted to the first linking member and the ...