ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,556, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Expandable food cart" was invented by Hala El-Wakeel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Asma Yousuf Aloraifi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Haifa Alarifi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Njood Khaled Almarshd (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable food cart for use in a vehicle trailer or a pick-up truck bed and a method for assembling the expandable food cart in the vehicle trailer or pick-up truck bed are described. The expandable food cart comprises a collapsible frame configured to conform with a front end cross section and...