ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,819, issued on July 21.
"Timer" was invented by Zhi Xu (Xianning, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention provides a timer. The timer includes a housing, a visual indicator assembly, a digital display element and a visual display element; wherein the visual indicator assembly is arranged on the housing and includes a digital display zone and a visual display zone; the digital display element is arranged on the housing and is configured to display digital timing through the digital display zone; the visual display element is arranged on the housing and includes a first light-emitting element, and th...