ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,235, issued on March 24.
"Canopied folding chair assembly" was invented by Javier Rodriguez (San Marcos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canopied folding chair assembly for shading a user includes a base to which a pod is mounted. The base includes a plurality of supports, the supports of which are pivotally coupled to each other so that the base is positionable in deployed and stored positions wherein the supports are angled outwardly with respect to each other and collapsed against each other, respectively. The pod comprises a plurality of ribs to which is attached a panel. The ribs are pivotable to arrayed and stowed posi...