US Patent Issued on April 1 for "Foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,492, issued on April 1.

"Foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure" was invented by Xin Qiu (Jinhua, China), Huakai Pan (Jinhua, China) and Xuanyin Tao (Jinhua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure, including a central bracket group and inclined frames. The central bracket group includes an upper frame and a base bracket. The inclined frame includes a first inclined rod hinged with the upper frame at one end, and a second inclined rod hinged with the first inclined rod at one end. The upper frame includes...