28. Patent for eating counter apparatus for mobile vending vehicle and seating apparatus therefor

There is patent for eating counter apparatus for mobile vending vehicle and seating apparatus therefor issued by the USPTO. This patent is for an eating counter apparatus for mounting to a three or four-wheeled, motorized or pedal-powered vehicle used as at least part of a mobile food vending eatery whereby to utilize the vehicle to provide an eating area for the patrons of the eatery. The eating counter apparatus also may mount a seating apparatus arranged to support seated patrons about the vehicle as they eat at the counter of the eatery vehicle.

This patent, although issued, seems to violate the non-obvious requirement of patents. The idea of this patent really is a combination of 2 commonly seen things: a food stall, and a food truck. Such a simple combination seems quite obvious to a general person. Also linked to this idea of non-obviousness is novelty. Because it is such an easy combination, it is highly likely that such an idea has been thought of before and documented. 

With this idea being non-obvious and not novel, it seems highly like that this patent could be invalidated easily when the owner of this patent sues truck vendors for any infringement.