ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,586, issued on March 24, was assigned to DONGGUAN YC ONION NETWORK TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Tripod" was invented by Zhihao Liang (Guangdong, China) and Shuang Xiao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tripod, comprising angle snap-fit structures (32); rotating members (33), each of the rotating member (33) having one end rotatably connected to each angle snap-fit structure, and the other end connected to each support leg (1) of the tripod; angle control members (34) which are matched and snap-fitted with the angle snap-fit structures so as to lock the corresponding angle of the rotating members rotating ...