ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,414, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PANASONIC KITCHEN APPLIANCES TECHNOLOGY (JIAXING) Co. LTD. (Jiaxing, China).
"Locking device and food processor" was invented by Jieming Ding (Shanghai) and Yijie Han (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device and a food processor. The locking device includes a cover plate; an unlocking mechanism including an unlocking key and an unlocking portion connected to the unlocking key. The unlocking portion is disposed in the cover plate and can move in the length direction of the cover plate. A disabling mechanism includes a blocking portion and an actuating portion, wherein the bloc...