ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,391, issued on July 21, was assigned to CORNILLEAU SAS (Bonneuil les Eaux, France).

"Device for storing plates forming a dinner tray for a pool table" was invented by Fabrice Clement (Paillart, France), Sean Parat O'connor (Therdonne, France) and Nicolas Havard (Bonneuil les Eaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device for storing plates forming a dinner tray for a pool table includes a support frame arranged to carry the dinner tray plates, and stops for fixing the support frame to a chassis of the pool table. The stops are arranged to enable a vertical movement of the support frame between a returned position, in wh...