ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,951, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ninghai Jiarun Hardware Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Foldable rocking chair frame and rocking chair" was invented by Zhenguo Zhang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocking chair includes: two upper bases and two lower bases arranged vertically and hinged to each other to form two groups of hinged assemblies spaced apart from each other on left and right; an upper connecting rod, two ends of the upper connecting rod are respectively connected to the two upper bases; and a lower connecting rod, two ends of the lower connecting rod are respectively connected to the two lower bases; an...