ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,393, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Jiangsu Barep Smart Technology Co. Ltd (Zhangjiagang, China).

"Socket with safety shutter" was invented by Jiangang Chen (Zhangjiagang, China) and Xiaobo Zheng (Zhangjiagang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a socket with a safety shutter, including a safety shutter device, a socket upper cover, and a socket base; the safety shutter device includes a base plate, and a first sliding structure, a second sliding structure, and a third sliding structure which are slidably connected in the base plate; the first sliding structure and the second sliding structure are...