ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,231, issued on April 14, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shaoxing, China).
"Control method for smart furniture" was invented by Yang Yang (Shaoxing, China), Yuchen Tan (Shaoxing, China), Tao Sun (Shaoxing, China) and Qing Shi (Shaoxing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for smart furniture includes a furniture body, a movable part, and a concealing part, a cavity for receiving the movable part being disposed on the furniture body, the concealing part part's deployed position for concealing the cavity and retracted position for exposing the cavity being provided on the furniture...