US Patent Issued to JIAXING REST FURNITURE & APPLIANCE on May 12 for "Self-locking mechanism and folding sofa" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,528, issued on May 12, was assigned to JIAXING REST FURNITURE & APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Jiaxing, China).

"Self-locking mechanism and folding sofa" was invented by Jiguan Chen (Jiaxing, China), Bin Chen (Jiaxing, China), Qiangqiang Wu (Jiaxing, China), Baoli Zhang (Jiaxing, China) and Chong Ma (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-locking mechanism and a folding sofa are provided. The self-locking mechanism includes a support member, a locking member, a drive member and a switch member. The support member has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The locking member has a first connection portion and a locking...