ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,143, issued on June 30.

"Universal connecting rod assembly" was invented by Chung Chin Wei (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal connecting rod assembly contains: multiple elongated rods, and a respective one elongated rod includes an upper face and a lower face opposite to the upper face. The upper face has a slot and a first male multi-angle connection portion. The lower face has a groove and a first female multi-angle connection portion. The upper face also has at least one trench and a second male multi-angle connection portion. The lower face has at least one notch defined and a second female multi-an...