ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,396, issued on Jan. 20.

"Multi-purpose desk" was invented by Weiping Fan (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-purpose desk, comprising a desk body and legs; the bottom of the desk body is fixed on the ground through the legs; the middle of the lower part of the desk body is provided with a hollow chamber, the upper parts of both sides of the desk body are provided with drawer parts, and both sides of the desk body are provided with storage cabinets below the drawer parts; the upper part of the desk body is provided with a keyboard chamber, and the keyboard chamber is movably provided with a keyboard dr...