ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,236, issued on April 14.

"Bench" was invented by Yonggang Guo (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in the present invention is a bench, including: a seat plate, a first bracket detachably connected to a first end of the seat plate, a second bracket detachably connected to a second end of the seat plate, at least one first telescopic rod hingedly mounted on the first bracket, and at least one second telescopic rod hingedly mounted on the second bracket. A first mounting arm is mounted on the first bracket, and the first mounting arm is locked with the first end of the seat plate by means of a pin shaft. A second m...