ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,177, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HUNAN SIJIU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Changsha, China).

"Side holding structure and thermal transfer printing device" was invented by Min Ai (Changsha, China) and Wenxiong Huang (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side holding structure is provided, which includes side openings arranged on opposite sides of a housing, a plurality of snap joints are arranged on edges of the side openings; holding covers assembled in the side openings, a plurality of hooks detachably connected to the plurality of snap joints are arranged on an inner side of a ring mouth portion, at least one positioning g...