ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,254, issued on June 17, was assigned to Phaeton Manufacturing LLC (Nantong, China).
"Angle-adjustable umbrella without rope" was invented by Xiong Luo (Nantong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An angle-adjustable umbrella has a column, a transverse rod, a tilted rod, an umbrella frame and a clutch mechanism. The tilted rod has a first tilted rod and a second tilted rod, and the top end of the first tilted rod is hinged to the top of the column, the bottom end thereof is rotatably connected to a connector on the second tilted rod through a tilted rod joint. The transverse rod has a first transverse rod and a second transverse rod...