ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,313, issued on June 16, was assigned to MOTOMOTION CHINA Corp. (Changzhou, China).

"Concealed cup holder assembly" was invented by Wu Qing Pan (Changzhou, China), Ying Wang (Kunshan, China) and Peng He (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concealed cup holder assembly comprises a cup holder housing, within which a cup holder is disposed, which is fixedly connected to an upper front panel of an armrest of a chair, and wherein the upper front panel of the armrest of the chair is pivotally mounted upon a lower front panel of the armrest of the chair. A telescopic cylinder has a first end thereof operatively connected to th...