ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,498, issued on May 27, was assigned to NINGBO HYDERON HARDWARE Co. LTD (Yuyao, China).

"Universal leveling connector with double spherical structures" was invented by Lifeng Zhang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal levelling connector with double spherical structures includes a main body, and a universal connector universally connected to the main body and the base; the spherical groove formed in the bottom surface of the main body interacts with the outer spherical surface of the connecting base in a sleeved manner, and the spherical groove wrapped by the outer spherical surface facilitates the rotation of t...