ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,585, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Holding frame, frame forming portion of a holding frame, and holder for a holding frame" was invented by Hiroki Mori (Nagoya, Japan), Uchu Yamamoto (Nagoya, Japan) and Takahira Osamura (Kitanagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding frame includes a frame forming portion and at least one holder. The frame forming portion has a placement surface, a first magnet, and a plurality of first magnetic field generation portions generating magnetic fields with the first magnet. The first magnet is arranged on the frame forming portion so that the orientat...