ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,715, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TIEDEPING HARDWARE PLASTIC (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Split-type footrest" was invented by Xiaofeng Bi (Guangdong, China) and Dongfang Chen (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split-type footrest includes a sucker, a shell and a foot-pedal. The shell is fixedly connected to the sucker. The shell is provided with at least one snapping part. The foot-pedal is correspondingly provided with a hanging arm, and the head of the hanging arm is provided with a lug. The lug is used to be inserted into the snapping part so as to form a detachable snap connection. There are snapp...