ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,533, issued on April 8, was assigned to LEEDARSON LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Lighting apparatus" was invented by Zexin Zhang (Fujian, China), Siliang Wu (Fujian, China), Lei Zhang (Fujian, China), Zhirong Xie (Fujian, China) and Linhua Wang (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a bottom tray, an optical plate and a waterproof adhesive tape. The light source is placed upon the bottom plate. The bottom tray has a bottom plate, a lateral wall and a folded structure. The lateral wall defines a light opening. The folded structure is disposed at a top edge of the lateral wall. ...