ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,494, issued on May 12, was assigned to CHUZHOU YUJIAN TRAVEL PRODUCT Co. LTD. (Chuzhou City, China).

"Zipper structure, case body, mold for manufacturing case body, and mold operation method" was invented by Changjun Guo (Chuzhou City, China) and Changyong Huang (Chuzhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zipper structure, a case body, a mold for manufacturing a case body, and a mold operation method. The zipper structure is for connecting an upper housing and a lower housing of a case body. The zipper structure includes two zipper bodies, each zipper body including a zipper fabric and a keel; an end of the zipper fabric is ...