ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,007, issued on Feb. 17.
"Collapsible table" was invented by Karson Bagby (Red Lodge, Mont.) and Forrest Rogers (Red Lodge, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible table with four quarter sections. The first and second sides of each quarter section have a protrusion, a recess that receives the protrusion on an adjacent quarter section, and two apertures that allow a bungee cord to pass through them. The third and fourth sides of each quarter section are flat. The table has four outer and four inner legs, the outer legs being stowable on the underside of the tabletop, and the inner legs being telescopically coupled with the ou...