US Patent Issued to Zinus on July 29 for "Compactly packageable sofa with a flap attached between the horizontal seat cushion and the seat back" (South Korean, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,718, issued on July 29, was assigned to Zinus Inc. (Tracy, Calif.).

"Compactly packageable sofa with a flap attached between the horizontal seat cushion and the seat back" was invented by Jongwan Ha (Xiamen, China) and Youn Jae Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compactly packageable sofa includes a seat back, a seat cushion, two arm panels and a zippered flap. In the assembled state of the sofa, the seat cushion and the seat back are held between the arm panels, and the zippered flap is attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion. The seat back does not contact the seat cushion in the assembled st...