ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,918, issued on April 7.

"Cross-elastic director's chair" was invented by Liang Lv (Suzhou, China) and Jining Yang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a cross-elastic director's chair falling within the area of director's chair, which comprises frame and elastic base feet. The elastic base feet comprise two sets of crossbar 1, crossbar 2, cross frame, and elastic support. The cross frame is movably arranged between crossbar 1 and crossbar 2. By incorporating crossbar 1, crossbar 2, cross frame, and elastic support, the present invention enables the support of the frame during use through the c...