ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,926, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Telescopic mechanism" was invented by Tsung-Mu Tsai (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic mechanism includes a top tube, a bottom tube, a supporting tube, at least one stroke tube, at least one first positioning tube, at least one second positioning tube, and a control assembly. The bottom tube is slidably disposed around the top tube. The supporting tube is disposed in the top tube. The at least one first positioning tube and the at least one second positioning tube are disposed in the top tube. The control assembly is con...