ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,722, issued on June 2, was assigned to FOSHAN DAHAO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Transfer bench" was invented by Zhongsheng Wang (Foshan, China), Zehui Huang (Foshan, China), Jinliang Jiang (Foshan, China), Guoyi Hu (Foshan, China), Yuqin Yin (Foshan, China) and Yingyu Yin (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer bench includes a bottom frame with a plurality of casters, a support member having a vertical axis and connected to the bottom frame, a horizontal member provided on the support member and extending from the support member to two sides of the support member in a horizontal direction, a seat fr...