ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,323, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WODE GLOBAL (QINGDAO) OUTDOOR Co.LTD (Qingdao, China).

"Locking mechanism and carrying device" was invented by Yingchun Zhao (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism and a carrying device are disclosed. The carrying device includes the locking mechanism and a sleeve pipe. The sleeve pipe is provided with a first through opening. The locking mechanism includes: a housing for at least partially being accommodated in the sleeve pipe, wherein the housing has an accommodating room, a second through opening and a third through opening; an actuator configured to pass throu...