ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,954, issued on July 14, was assigned to eMoMo Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Furniture accessory with annular control array" was invented by Wenji Tang (Shenzhen City, China) and Mitchell Todd Carter (Ormond Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture accessory may include an outer body configured to connect to a furniture item, and a receptacle slidably supported in the outer body. The receptacle may be configured to receive a beverage container therein. The top end of the inner receptacle is axially spaced from and above the top end of the outer body when the inner receptacle is in each of a retracted and extend...