ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,209, issued on March 18, was assigned to Invanti (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Scooter" was invented by Gang Ying (Yongkang Jinhua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scooter includes a front fork, a folding sleeve, a folding core, a folding seat, a folding lock and a folding pin. The folding seat is fixed on the front fork, a lower portion of the folding core is rotatably connected into the folding seat by means of the folding pin in a folding manner, the folding sleeve is arranged outside the folding seat in a sheath manner, a sliding rail is arranged in the folding sleeve, a lock catch assembly is arranged on a mi...