ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,326, issued on June 17, was assigned to Guangzhou Hansong Electric Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Towel heating device" was invented by Zhilin Fan (Guangdong, China) and Zhenji Lin (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable towel heating device includes: two rigid shells; a flexible connection member; two foldable brackets; and a heating assembly. The flexible connection member is connected with the two rigid shells. The flexible connection member and the two rigid shells cooperatively enclose a receiving chamber. Any one of the two rigid shells and the flexible connection member defines an opening communic...