ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,195, issued on May 6.

"Rotatable artificial tree" was invented by Xinjiang Zou (Meizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rotatable artificial tree. The rotatable artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotatable electric assembly and a supporting base. The artificial tree body is provided with decorative light strings and a trunk, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor. The rotatable electric assembly includes a rotating shaft core which is connected with a power output shaft of the driving motor in a non-rotating manner and vertically arranged. The rotating shaft core is connected wit...