ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,997, issued on July 14, was assigned to Guangzhou Hansong Tuojiang Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).
"Towel heating barrel" was invented by Zhenji Lin (Guangzhou, China) and Yueqing Li (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towel heating barrel includes a fixing member, a flexible enclosure, and a plurality of support rods. The flexible enclosure is connected to the fixing member. At least a portion of the flexible enclosure is flexible and has a folded state and an unfolded state. When the flexible enclosure is in the unfolded state, a first accommodation cavity is formed in the flexible enclosure. Each of the plur...