ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,698, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Akinori Yokota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an output tray, and a holding member. The output tray is rotatable about a first rotation shaft between a closed position and an open position. The holding member is rotatable about a second rotation shaft. The output tray comes into contact with the holding member halfway through rotation of the output tray from the closed to the open position. When the output tray is rotated to the open position, the holding member rotate...