ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,901, issued on April 7, was assigned to HongKong Pishon Medical Equipment Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Foldable crutch stool" was invented by Qiu Zhong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a foldable crutch stool, including: a support assembly, including an upper support rod and a lower support rod, which are telescopic; a collapsing assembly; and a stool assembly with an upper end pivoted to a sliding base and a lower end pivoted to a positioning base via collapsible rods, wherein a bottom surface of a lower end of the stool assembly is provided with first snap-fit portions, the positioning base ...