US Patent Issued to Brinkley RV on March 31 for "Sliding desk" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,752, issued on March 31, was assigned to Brinkley RV LLC (Goshen, Ind.).

"Sliding desk" was invented by Nathan Goldenberg (Granger, Ind.) and Barry Ousley (Syracuse, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stowable sliding desk has a fixed portion and a moveable portion that is coupled to the fixed portion. The moveable portion is slidable with respect to the fixed portion and expandable in a direction perpendicular to the length of the fixed portion. The moveable portion has a fixed leaf and a hinged leaf coupled thereto that either overlays the fixed leaf or is abutting and coplanar to the fixed leaf. A hidden leaf is slidable to ex...