ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- United States Patent no. 11,982,044, issued on May 14, was assigned to FUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND TRADE (Fuzhou, China).

"Integrated device for drying, flattening, and folding textile cloth" was invented by Chouyuan Lee (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated device for drying, flattening, and folding textile cloth includes a workbench. Two groups of two symmetrically arranged first fixed rods are fixedly connected with a lower wall of the workbench. Connecting blocks are fixedly arranged on top ends of opposite sides of each two symmetrically arranged first fixed rods. Two groups of two oppositely arranged rotating rollers ar...