ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,993, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZHEJIANG HUIGUAN LEISURE PRODUCTS Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).
"Collapsible canopy" was invented by Chunliang Yuan (Liyang Town, China) and Shengyong Yang (Liyang Town, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible canopy is provided, including a central lock, peripheral assembly, and a plurality of inner retractable units connected between the central lock and the peripheral assembly. Each inner retractable unit includes a first top rod and a second top rod hinged to each other. The central lock includes: a central rod; a bottom cap, provided on the lower portion of the central rod and hin...