ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,426, issued on May 5.
"Interlocking connector assembly for shading structure" was invented by Mark J.S. Ma (Walnut, Calif.) and Yungcheng Ma (Walnut, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocking connector assembly for a shading structure includes at least one upper supporting pole; at least one lower supporting pole configured to support under the upper supporting pole; and at least one joint assembly configured to pivotally couple the upper supporting pole with the lower supporting pole; wherein each of the at least one joint assembly includes a first joint member pivotably coupled to a second joint member, and one of the at ...