ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,628, issued on June 9, was assigned to Minusplus Generaltervez Kft. (Budapest, Hungary).

"Shading structure" was invented by Zsolt Alexa (Budapest, Hungary), Geza Csire (Budapest, Hungary), Akos Schreck (Budapes, Hungary) and Donat Csego Rabb (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a shading structure (10) comprising a canopy (12), wherein the canopy (12) is affixed to further components of the shading structure (10) at at least two attachment places (18), wherein the two attachment places (18) define an axis of rotation (21), and at least two stiffening sections (14) arranged along a periphery of the canopy...