ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,708, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TJ(fujian) Industrial Co. Ltd. (Zhangzhou, China).

"Crib" was invented by Jianbo Yang (Zhangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crib includes a left support portion, a right support portion and a sleeping basket. Each of the left and right support portions includes a base, a support rod and a sleeve rod. The support rod is provided with a bottom portion connected to a top portion of the base and an upper portion nested in a lower portion of the sleeve rod. The sleeping basket is provided between the sleeve rod of the left support portion and the sleeve rod of the right support portion....