ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,357, issued on June 2, was assigned to Academia Furniture LLC (Wood-Ridge, N.J.).
"Book basket" was invented by Daniel Massam (Philadelphia) and Thomas Murray (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A book basket for fixed placement on an underside of a seat of a chair is provided. The book basket includes a frame. The frame includes a first stadium-shaped orifice, a second stadium-shaped orifice and a plurality of connectors connecting the first stadium-shaped orifice to the second stadium-shaped orifice. The first stadium-shaped orifice enables insertion and removal of one or more items. The second stadium-shaped orifice includ...