ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,848, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Locking mechanism for sliding rod having two spherical heads and foldable table" was invented by Luhao Leng (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism for a sliding rod having two spherical heads comprises the sliding rod, a sliding seat, and a locking device. The sliding seat is slidably mounted on the sliding rod along a length direction of the sliding rod. The locking device comprises the two spherical heads, one or more elastic members, and a button. The sliding seat comprises two buckle holes configured to corre...