ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,911, issued on March 3, was assigned to Uni-Splendor Corp. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Folding joint for frame and worktable" was invented by Yu-Yuan Lin (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding joint for frames and worktables composed of a control portion and a joint portion is provided. The control portion includes a base provided with a moveable slot and a shaft inserted through the moveable slot. Two ends of the shaft are connected with a moveable seat and a hook correspondingly. The hook is for control of a lock cylinder of the joint portion. The lock cylinder is mounted in an outer tube, inserted through an upp...