ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,670, issued on Dec. 2.

"Solar outdoor sunshade" was invented by Zhicheng Lin (Huazhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a solar outdoor sunshade, including a sunshade main body. The sunshade main body includes a plurality of louver blades that are rotatably connected to a top of the sunshade main body, and photovoltaic panels arranged on the louver blades in an embedded manner. The sunshade main body further includes a solar controller, an inverter, and a battery arranged inside the sunshade main body, where the plurality of photovoltaic panels, the battery, and the inverter are electrically connected to the solar con...