ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,846, issued on April 29, was assigned to Getac Technology Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Latching member and case with latching member" was invented by Wan-Lin Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Juei-Chi Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latching member includes a hard material member and a soft material member. The hard material member includes a hard material body, an elastic arm, and a buckle portion. The hard material body has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. One of two ends of the elastic arm is connected to the first side of the hard material body, and at least one hollow portion is between the ela...