ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,044, issued on June 23, was assigned to Ningbo Xuli Metal Products Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).
"Rod for goods" was invented by Weiguo Chen (Ningbo, China), Yanqiong Chen (Ningbo, China), Kefeng Jin (Ningbo, China) and Wei Deng (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extensible rod with locking handle for goods comprises an inner tube, an outer tube, a rack, a hollow seat, an operating assembly and a lock catch assembly. The rack is disposed on the inner tube inside the outer tube, the operating assembly comprising a rotatable handle and a gear with a plurality of teeth connected to the handle is used for adjusting extension le...