ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,019, issued on June 3, was assigned to Kolor Magnetic (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Tableware feeding device" was invented by Ching Mou Lee (Guangdong, China) and Chi Wai Lee (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present application involves a tableware feeding device including a stock bin with a supporting component installed below it to support the tableware. Below the supporting component, there is an inclined chute for the tableware to slide down, and at the end of the inclined chute, there is a tableware access opening. It also includes a transmission structure and an actuating component. One end of the ...