ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,530, issued on July 28.

"Waterway structure for a flowerpot stand" was invented by Shui-Tung Chen (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterway structure for a flowerpot stand is disclosed. The flowerpot stand is assembled with a waterway device, including plural poles, plural bearing elements and a waterway device. Each pole is provided with an external assembly board, plural through-holes and a lower through-hole. The bearing element provides for placing a flowerpot, the waterway device is provided with plural lower water hoses and plural upper water hoses, the lower water hose is connected at a bottom of the p...