ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,471, issued on Sept. 1.

"Thermal insulation mat" was invented by Yangyang Cheng (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides a thermal insulation mat, which includes a main body portion, folded portions, and edge portions, wherein the edge portions are arranged at edges of the main body portion, and the folded portions penetrate through the main body portion; the main body portion includes a first thermal insulation layer and a second thermal insulation layer, and the first thermal insulation layer includes an upper thermal insulation sheet and a lower thermal insulation sheet; the upper thermal insulati...