US Patent Issued to KEM HONGKONG on March 18 for "Document cover closer and office equipment having the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,509, issued on March 18, was assigned to KEM HONGKONG Ltd. (Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong).

"Document cover closer and office equipment having the same" was invented by Satoshi Ogawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A document cover closer for preventing an accident of pinching finger(s), as well as office equipment using the same, comprising: an attaching part attached to the main body side of office equipment having a document cover; a supporting part rotatably and pivotally supported on the attaching part via a first hinge shaft; and a lift part attached to the document cover, wherein it overlaps the supporting part and i...