ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,312, issued on June 16, was assigned to Yongkang Mantuo Import & Export Co. Ltd (Jinhua, China).

"Self-locking folding bracket and folding chair" was invented by Fei Yao (Jinhua, China) and Meiju Ying (Jinhua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a self-locking folding bracket and a folding chair. The self-locking folding bracket includes two symmetrical foldable side supporting structures and a linkage assembly connected between the two side supporting structures, the linkage assembly includes two groups of side rods, two groups of cross rods and two groups of connecting rods, the cross rod and the connecting rod have ...