ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,673, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Foxlink Image Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Linkage mechanism for opening and closing an inputting tray and an outputting tray together" was invented by Kuo Shing Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Pai Hsien Su (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linkage mechanism for opening and closing an inputting tray and an outputting tray together includes a base, an outputting tray which includes an intermediate outputting tray pivotally connected to a rear of the base, and a terminal outputting tray pivotally connected to a tail end of the intermediate outputting tray, an inputtin...