ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,955, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to JIAXING MINTH MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Jiaxing, China).

"Quick-mounting quick-release vehicle roof rack cross bar" was invented by Jun Mei (Ningbo, China), Xiao Zhang (Ningbo, China), Jiabin Wei (Ningbo, China), Jiandong Sun (Ningbo, China) and Shilong Ran (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick-mounting quick-release vehicle roof rack cross bar, comprising: a rack body, wherein a base is sleeved outside an end of the rack body, and the base is provided with a first abutting portion; a mounting plate, which is arranged on the base, wherein the mounting plate is provided with an arc gro...