ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,680, issued on June 3.

"Snowboard edge tuner" was invented by Chengchuan Lin (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowboard edge tuner, including a locking mechanism and a case having a base and a connecting base mutually connected; a first through hole passing through the connecting base and a second through hole passing through both the base and the connecting base are in communication with each other; the locking mechanism includes a sliding block and a first rotating component; the sliding block includes a first pressure plate, a second pressure plate and a first inclined surface; the base includes a second inclined sur...