ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,737, issued on June 2.

"Massage bead, a pair of shoes and cushion" was invented by Haibin Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A massage bead includes a massage body and at least two sets of extension twisting spring assemblies (ETSAs) arranged below the massage body, each set of ETSAs including a twisting spring and an extension spring. An upper extension twisting arm of the extension spring is connected with the massage body. A lower extension twisting arm of the extension spring is connected with one upper of the twisting spring. The upper extension twisting arm and the extension spring that are arranged in a counterclockw...