ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,927, issued on June 23, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Foldable chair" was invented by Asma Abdulaziz Aldualeg (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Dana Alhussain (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Hala El-Wakeel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Zati Hazirat (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Lama Alshehri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable chair includes a flat back inclined surface, a bottom flat horizontal surface, a cushion component, and a support component including the flat back inclined surface, the bottom flat horizontal surface, and two triangular side supports. Further, the bottom flat ...