ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,665, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Centresky Crafts (Shantou) Co. Ltd (Shantou, China).

"Tree skirt having magnetic attraction fit structure" was invented by Youguo Wang (Shantou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tree skirt having a magnetic attraction fit structure includes: a support assembly and at least two skirt pieces, the skirt pieces are sequentially arranged along a circular track, adjacent skirt pieces are detachably connected, and the skirt pieces are enclosed to form a cavity. The support assembly includes at least two metal strips and at least two connecting members, each of the metal strips is arranged on an ...