ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,921, issued on July 21.

"Integrated rail for pool table" was invented by Bing Qiao (Qinhuangdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated rail for a pool table, including a block A, a block B and a block C integrally formed. The block B is arranged at an inner side of the block C. A bottom surface of the block B is located higher than a bottom surface of the block C in a vertical direction, such that the bottom surface of the block B is connected to an inner side of the block C to form a mounting surface fitting the edge of the playing field. A top surface of the block C and a top surface of the block B are both horizontal ...