ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,047, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AETINA Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Automatic lid opening and automatic locking cabinet" was invented by Chih-Jung Lo (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ying-Jui Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yung-Ho Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic lid opening and automatic locking cabinet includes a casing, a handle, and a lid. The casing has a bottom panel and multiple sidewalls. The sidewalls surround the bottom panel to form an accommodation space having an upper opening, and include first and second walls not parallel to each other. The first wall is provided with a guide rail. The h...