ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,297, issued on May 5, was assigned to Agio International Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Hard and frangible material tabletop system" was invented by Marshall Mullins (Owens Cross Roads, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor table is provided. The table includes a substantially horizontal top structure forming a top surface of the table, having a longest dimension of at most 2300 mm and a shortest dimension of at least 380 mm, and having a substantially uniform thickness of between 3 mm and 20 mm; a metal frame supporting the top structure, where the dimensions of the frame are substantially congruent with, but smaller than, those of t...