ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,897, issued on March 18.

"Portable water pump used in a pool" was invented by Gangbin Wan (Zhongjiang County, China) and Jianliang Xiong (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable water pump used in pool includes an engine, a filtering mesh, and a lighting assembly. The lighting assembly and the engine are both arranged in the filtering mesh. The lighting assembly is electrically connected to the engine. The lighting assembly includes a support and a light source main body, which further includes a lamp body and a housing. The support is arranged on the filtering mesh. When the engine is turned on, the lighting assembl...