ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,798, issued on May 20.
"Multifunctional guitar stand" was invented by Maolin Zhao (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional guitar stand is disclosed which includes a guitar stand with two large supporting arms, two small supporting arms, a rotary stopper, a plurality of footstool grooves, a stand groove, a first crossbar, a second crossbar, a third crossbar, a fourth crossbar, and a central bolt, disposed between the large supporting arms and the small supporting arms."
The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/415,060.
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