ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,597, issued on July 15, was assigned to Dongguan Hongyu Plastic Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).
"Inflatable raft" was invented by Juying Shi (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable raft includes at least one raft body and at least one floating bed, a connection assembly is provided between each floating bed and a respective on raft body, an ice bucket is provided on each floating bed, the connection assembly includes two snap rings, two tension straps and two locking buckles, the two snap rings are respectively provided on a side wall of each floating bed and a side wall of the respective one raft body, a first en...