ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,381, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SHAOXING SHANGYU DISTRICT FENGHUA METAL PRODUCTS FACTORY (Shaoxing City, China).

"Composite telescopic hose and preparation method thereof" was invented by Baiqing Wang (Shaoxing City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite telescopic hose and method for preparing the same. The composite telescopic hose includes an inner tube having the following raw materials in parts by weight: 20-50 parts of SEBS; 40-70 parts of a white oil; 3-15 parts of polypropylene; 3-12 parts of ethylene propylene diene monomer; 0.05 to 0.3 parts of an antioxidant; and 0.2-0.8 parts of an ultraviolet absorber. T...