ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,989, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG LINYA Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).
"Outdoor roman umbrella with umbrella opening and closing structure" was invented by Niangao Zhao (Zhejiang, China), Zhizhong Wu (Zhejiang, China) and Zhiping Wang (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor Roman umbrella with an umbrella opening and closing structure includes an umbrella post and an umbrella body, where the umbrella post is provided with a slider assembly that moves up and down along the umbrella post, the slider assembly is hinged and matched with a cantilever, and the other end of the cantilever is configured to be m...