ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,588, issued on May 20, was assigned to NINEBOT (CHANGZHOU) TECH Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).

"Folding device and scooter" was invented by Can Wang (Changzhou, China) and Huocheng Wei (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a folding device and a scooter having the folding device. The folding device includes: a first folding seat and a second folding seat arranged opposite to each other and rotatably coupled to each other, the first folding seat being located above the second folding seat; a first locking assembly rotatably coupled to the second folding seat, the first locking assembly being r...