ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,956, issued on July 14.
"Step stool" was invented by Bijan Dokhanian (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step stool includes a first top panel rotatably connected to a second top panel. It includes a front panel rotatably connected to the first top panel and a rear panel rotatably connected to the second top panel. It includes a first side panel rotatably connected to the front panel and a second side panel rotatably connected to the first side panel and rotatably connected to the rear panel. It also includes a third side panel rotatably connected to the front panel and a fourth side panel rotatably connected to the third s...