ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,036, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ningbo Esoul digital Technology Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).

"Lifting device and shading device for sunshades" was invented by Ruohan Mao (Hangzhou, China), Wenjie Zhang (Hangzhou, China), Rongzhe Liang (Hangzhou, China) and Yunwen Kong (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present utility model provides a lifting device and shading device for a sunshade, which comprises a mounting bracket, a sunshade cloth, a support mechanism and a lifting device set on the mounting bracket, wherein the support mechanism comprises a fixed support member arranged at the top of the mounting bracket, ...