ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,843, issued on April 1, was assigned to Shenzhen Dingming Technology Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Spray fan" was invented by Bingde Liu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray fan includes a box, a mounting base and a fan body. The fan body can be arranged on the mounting base. The opposite sides of the mounting base can be respectively fastened with the box so that the fan body has a first state arranged on the box and a second state contained in the box. The fan body can be set on the box when in use. The fan body can be inverted and stored in the box when storing to improve the convenience of storage."

The patent was...