ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,791, issued on May 26, was assigned to A&C FUTURE INC..

"Origami-based foldable furniture assembly" was invented by Shoue Chen (Irvine, Calif.), Jiuqi Wang (Santa Ana, Calif.), Qiyin Pan (Irvine, Calif.), Han Qin (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Jiayang Qin (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable origami-shaped furniture assembly includes floor panels including a first floor panel and a second floor panel. The first and second floor panels are pivotally moveable between a folded position and a deployed position. A table includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members are pivotally moveable...