ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,703, issued on Jan. 28.

"Foldable bracket" was invented by Meihua Xia (Shenzhen, China) and Jun Lu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The foldable bracket includes a leg bracket assembly, a pulling-rod assembly, and a supporting assembly. The pulling-rod assembly has a pulling-rod assembly first end and a pulling-rod assembly second end that are opposite to each other. The leg bracket assembly is coupled to the pulling-rod assembly first end. The supporting assembly is foldably coupled to the pulling-rod assembly second end. The supporting assembly has an unfolded state and a retracted state. The supporting assembly incl...