ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,559, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ningbo Easun Technology Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China).

"Outdoor awning" was invented by Min Shao (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an outdoor awning, including a ceiling, a driving mechanism, support legs, and tensioning mechanisms, where the ceiling includes a frame structure and a plurality of louvers disposed on the frame structure, the louvers are rotatably installed on the frame structure, and connecting rods are disposed at end portions of the louvers to achieve linkage; the driving mechanism is installed on the ceiling, and is connected to one of the louvers to drive sa...