ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,438, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, Ky.).
"Toner container handle" was invented by Emily Stefano Adams (Lexington, Ky.), Brian Lester Boettcher (Versailles, Ky.) and Patrick Lawrence Ransom (Lexington, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a pivotable handle. The handle includes a front segment extending along a front of a body of the toner container when the handle is in a first position for contacting a corresponding pry surface in an image forming device when the handle moves from the first position to a second position. The han...