ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,589, issued on May 26, was assigned to SHENZHEN QIAOHUA INDUSTRIES Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Fog collecting box and bubble machine" was invented by Ruimian Yang (Shenzhen, China), Ruibao Chen (Shenzhen, China), Jun Cao (Shenzhen, China) and Xianhua Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fog collecting box and a bubble machine are provided. The fog collecting box is mounted in the bubble machine. The fog collecting box includes an inlet, an outlet, and a channel defined in the fog collecting box. The channel is communicated between the inlet and the outlet of the fog collecting box. The channel includes at least one bendi...