ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,269, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Guangzhou Xiangyu Tongqu Trading Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Multifunctional backpack with adjustable shoulder straps" was invented by Yahui Bai (Qiyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional backpack with adjustable shoulder strap is provided, which includes a backpack body and a shoulder strap. A lower of the shoulder strap is connected to the backpack body, and there are two or more sheet bodies extending along a transverse direction of the backpack body on an upper of the backpack body. Two sides of the sheet bodies are connected to the backpack body, and an insertion hole ...