ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,742, issued on July 7, was assigned to Guangzhou Hansong Tuojiang Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Towel heating device" was invented by Zhilin Fan (Guangzhou, China) and Zhenji Lin (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towel heating device includes a body portion, at least one heating plate and at least one heat insulation member, the body portion defines a heating chamber; each heating plate is mounted on the body portion; each heat insulation member is mounted in the heating chamber, and the heat insulation member is configured to separate or partially separate the heating plate from the heating chamber."

The ...