ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,231, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZHEJIANG GLORY HOME FURNISHINGS Co. LTD. (Jiaxing City, China).
"Compressible sectional sofa" was invented by Zehua Deng (Jiaxing, China), Jun Ma (Jiaxing, China), Guohao Qiu (Jiaxing, China) and Daixing Wan (Jiaxing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressible sectional sofa includes seat cushions, armrests, and covers. The seat cushions and the armrests are made of a hard material and of a soft material covering the hard material. The hard material and the soft material are both made of a compressible material. The seat cushions and the armrests are disposed separately. The covers inc...