ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,366, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ningbo Kaibo GROUP Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Garment steamer with inclination-angle-adjustable ironing board" was invented by Jiebo Yan (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment steamer with inclination-angle-adjustable ironing board. An ironing board is attached to an upper end of a support structure through an angle adjustment mechanism which includes a base frame, first connecting rod, second connecting rod, and shape-fixing connecting rod. The first and second connecting rod are connected between the base frame and ironing board to form a quadrilateral. The quadrilateral shap...