ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,918, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Wheeled platform and wheeled platform locking system" was invented by Hiroshi Tsuji (Nagoya, Japan), Fumitoshi Akaike (Miyoshi, Japan) and Hajime Takagi (Toyoake, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheeled platform includes: a guide member that guides a striker to a locking device and includes a contact surface to be in contact with a wall-shaped portion in a state where the striker is engaged with the locking device, the guide member being displaceable in directions orthogonal to the contact surface; and a spring that applies an elastic force to the gui...