ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,912, issued on June 23, was assigned to Inno-Sports Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Supporting assembly with locking mechanism and foldable structure having same" was invented by Kwan Jun Choi (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are supporting assemblies and foldable structures having supporting assemblies. A supporting assembly includes a locking mechanism that is easy to operate. The locking mechanism is configured to lock the supporting assembly in an unfold state to prevent inadvertent folding of the supporting assembly. It can be unlocked easily when folding the supporting assembly is desired. Additionally or opti...