ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,306, issued on June 16.
"Convertible bar and table assembly" was invented by Darryl Ponder (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible bar and table assembly for provision of coffee table and bar functions includes a housing which is elongate cuboid shaped. A first plate is hingedly attached to a rear is hingable between stowed configuration, wherein the first plate covers an opening in a top of the housing and a deployed configuration, wherein it extends from the housing substantially coplanarly with the rear. A stemware rack, which is pivotally attached to the first plate distal from the rear, retains items of stemware so...