ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,612, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Media cartridge" was invented by Steve Ting Kei Chow (Monterey Park, Calif.), Angel B. Rosales (Port Hueneme, Calif.), Daniel V. Carroll (Port Barrington, Ill.) and Edward Anthony Hackett (Surbiton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media cartridge includes: a base including: a media chamber having a mouth, and a lower portion of a media outlet; first and second wings configured to support a media spool therebetween; and a cover connected between the first and second wings, and including: an upper portion of the media outlet, and a pe...