ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,142, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CHAO YUON Co. LTD (Changhua County, Taiwan).

"Foldable carrying equipment" was invented by Chia-Liang Ke (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kind of foldable carrying equipment is provided. The carrying equipment includes four legs, at least two platforms each of which having two adjacent loading plates and pivot plates, a support linkage rod set having a support rod pivotally connected to inner sides of the loading plates and operable for driving the loading plates to switch between folded and extended positions, an outer stopper arranged at outer sides of the loading pla...