ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,218, issued on April 8.

"Double-spliced 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 double-spliced foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure, including two groups of central tops, one group of middle frame and two groups of edge frames. Any group of edge frame and middle frame are connected by telescopic fork frame. Two groups of side inclined frames are arranged between a group of central top and middle frame. At least...