ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,934, issued on April 15, was assigned to Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, Ky.).
"Toner container latching" was invented by Emily Stefano Adams (Lexington, Ky.), Brian Lester Boettcher (Versailles, Ky.), Brian Lee Hawes (Lexington, Ky.) and Edward Lynn Triplett (Lexington, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a latch catch projecting upward on a top of a body of the toner container. The latch catch is spaced from a second longitudinal end of the body and positioned closer to the second longitudinal end of the body than to a first longitudinal end of the body. The latch ...