ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,965, issued on April 21, was assigned to Benyu Casters & Wheels Co. Ltd (Foshan, China).
"Caster with horizontal braking" was invented by Shicong Yan (Foshan, China), Youwei Liu (Foshan, China), Wen Chen (Foshan, China) and Chuting Liang (Foshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A caster with horizontal braking includes a connecting base, a wheel rotatably connected to the connecting base, and a brake assembly including a movable plate slidably connected to the connecting base and a rotary plate. The movable plate is provided with a brake pad at an end and a first abutting plate with a limiting portion thereon, and is rotatably ...