ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,847, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ZHEJIANG HUAYANG LEISURE PRODUCTS Co. LTD. (Wenling, China).

"Outdoor camping mat" was invented by Huiming Jiang (Wenling, China) and Chenglong Lin (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an outdoor camping mat, which comprises: A woven mat body, woven by plastic woven strips; A protective structure, set at the surrounding edges of the woven mat body to hold the woven mat body; A functional layer, wrapped around the outside of the plastic woven strips to enable the woven mat body to store energy when being exposed to light, emit light, and/or repel mosquit...