US Patent Issued to AmTab Manufacturing on Nov. 3 for "Foldable table with locking mechanism" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,279, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AmTab Manufacturing Corp. (Bensenville, Ill.).

"Foldable table with locking mechanism" was invented by Doss Samikkannu (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Jeremias Rivera (Elmhurst, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A table assembly includes a frame, a tabletop, and a multi-stage deployment mechanism. A first portion of the frame supports a first portion of the table top and is pivotable relative to a second portion of the frame that supports a second portion of the tabletop. The table assembly is movable from a use position to an intermediate position, to a folded position beyond the intermediate position...