ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,647, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Adams Mfg. Corp. (Portersville, Pa.).

"Stackable chair having cup holder and folding table" was invented by Matthew Goodworth (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair having a cylindrical cup holder and folding table has a circular opening in a chair arm and spaced-apart tabs that extend into the circular opening. A rotational stop is attached to the bottom surface of at least one tab. Locking tabs on the cup holder gaps between the spaced-apart tabs. When the cup holder is fully inserted into the circular opening the cup holder is rotated until the tabs extending from the cup holde...