ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,292, issued on July 21, was assigned to JIANGSU ZHONGHENG PET ARTICLES JOINT-STOCK Co. LTD. (Yancheng, China).

"Carrier framework" was invented by Bin Qiu (Yancheng, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier framework relates to the field of carriers. The carrier framework includes: two support frames arranged opposite to each other; a first connecting assembly including two ends connected to first ends of the two support frames respectively; and a second connecting assembly including two ends connected to second ends of the two support frames respectively. Since the first connecting assembly is detachably connected to the two s...