ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,651, issued on March 17, was assigned to Tempo Manufacturing LLC (Nantong, China).

"Umbrella" was invented by Xiong Luo (Nantong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An umbrella has a column, an upper nest, a movable lower nest, a plurality of long rods, a plurality of short rods. The upper nest has a plurality of first slots spaced apart on a periphery of the upper nest, a plurality of first pins is disposed on the upper nest respectively; each long rod has a first rod-hanging hook on the top end thereof, each first rod-hanging hook hooks on the corresponding first pin; the lower nest has a plurality of second slots spaced apart o...