ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,123, issued on Sept. 23.
"Lantern-shaped decorative lamp and lighting device" was invented by Nengde Xie (Fujian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lantern-shaped decorative lamp and a lighting device are provided. The lantern-shaped decorative lamp includes a skeleton, a lighting component, and a flexible lampshade. The skeleton is unfoldable or collapsable in a vertical direction. The lighting component is mounted on the skeleton. The flexible lampshade is wrapped around an outer side of the skeleton. In an unfolded state, the skeleton and the flexible lampshade are unfolded to unfold the lantern-shaped decorative lamp. In a ...