ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,482, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN DASHAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Quick connection structure" was invented by Jinhua Duan (Zhongshan, China) and Xihua Zhu (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick connection structure includes a first component, a second component, a locking component and a first reset component. The second component includes a mounting portion defining a mounting groove, a first locking portion, a second locking portion and an unlocking portion. The locking component is movably connected to the mounting portion. The first reset component is arranged between ...