ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,829, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Huizhou Sishun Umbrella Co. Ltd. (Huizhou, China).

"Sunshade" was invented by Dongping Wang (Huizhou, China) and Yinglin Chen (Huizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a sunshade includes a honeycomb component, a first center rod, a second center rod and a locking device. The honeycomb component is connected with several umbrella ribs, and the honeycomb component is configured to control opening and closing of the umbrella ribs. The honeycomb component sleeves the first center rod, and the first center rod is provided with a first through hole. The first cen...