ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,409, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Keenon Robotics Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Floating tray mechanism and robot" was invented by Lin He (Shanghai), Xianlin Liu (Shanghai) and Xuanlai Tang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a floating tray mechanism and a robot. The floating tray mechanism includes a tray and a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket support the tray; the floating tray mechanism further comprises a floating contacting portion and a pulling rebounding portion, the floating contacting portion is provided on one of the tray and the mounting bracket, and the tray is movably supported on the mounting bra...