US Patent Issued to CANON on June 17 for "Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, a first cover, a second cover and holding mechanism configured to prevent the first cover from moving to a second closed position and hold the first cover in the second open position" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,446, issued on June 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, a first cover, a second cover and holding mechanism configured to prevent the first cover from moving to a second closed position and hold the first cover in the second open position" was invented by Akira Matsumoto (Ibaraki, Japan) and Takayuki Fukushima (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a support portion, a reading portion, a first cover, a second cover, and a holding mechanism. The first cover moves between a second closed position where the ...