ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,264, issued on March 3, was assigned to LIFETIME PRODUCTS INC. (Clearfield, Utah).

"Chair" was invented by S. Curtis Nye (Clinton, Utah), Mitch Johnson (South Weber, Utah), Mohammadamir Safari (Austin, Texas) and Frank Clegg (Providence, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding chair may include a seat, a backrest, and a frame with one or more legs. The folding chair may also include brackets and the brackets may attach the seat and the frame. An upper crossmember may be movable relative to the seat as the chair is folded and unfolded. A first guide member may be attached to a first end of the crossmember, and a second guide mem...