ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,699, issued on June 17, was assigned to CHINA ACADEMY OF ART (Hangzhou, China).

"Intelligent bathing bed" was invented by Zheng Liu (Hangzhou, China), Yimo Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Jianming Song (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent bathing bed is provided, which includes an underframe and a mattress. The mattress is arranged within the underframe, the mattress includes a fixed mattress and a movable mattress. The fixed mattress and the movable mattress are arranged at intervals in a same plane. The movable mattress is connected with the underframe through a water outlet pipe. The movable mattress includes ...