ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,258, issued on May 5, was assigned to Shandong Longming Information Technology Co. Ltd (Qingdao City, China).

"Easy setup camping tent" was invented by Chengji Hu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An easy setup camping tent includes a tent body and an inflatable support assembly connected to the tent body, wherein the tent body is unfolded when the inflatable support assembly is inflated. The camping tent is arranged for being used on a pickup truck and fit to be easy setup on the truck bed."

The patent was filed on June 2, 2025, under Application No. 19/226,092.

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