ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,362, issued on July 28, was assigned to Guolai Dong Guan City Plastics And Manufacture Co. Ltd. (DongGuan City, China).

"Outdoor court line assembly" was invented by Yuemei Ho (Taiwan, China), Hao Tang (DongGuan, China) and Xucong Huang (DongGuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor court line assembly includes a plurality of first court lines and a plurality of connecting edges. Each connecting edge is configured to connect two adjacent first court lines. The first court line includes a main body, a connecting seat connected to an end of the main body, and a first magnetic snap provided at the connecting seat. The first ...